When President Donald Trump won the White House last year for the second time, many Democrats concluded they would need to moderate on a cluster of issues on which they were on the wrong side of public opinion.

President Trump has said the city would be burning without military intervention, but the protests have been confined to a relatively small area.

Protests over federal immigration enforcement raids and President Trump's mobilization of the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles continue to spread nationwide. While many have been peaceful, with marchers chanting slogans and carrying signs against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency,

An American National Election Study shows immigrants significantly realigning on immigration issues, with the GOP now holding a 15-point advantage in a notable reversal from 2020.

Republicans in Congress are calling several Democratic governors to Washington to question them over policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities