LOS ANGELES − Two people have been charged with throwing firebombs during five days of protests that have rocked a downtown section of the city and prompted President Trump' controversial decision to send 4,

Minn., was quick to criticize Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for deploying the military during the ongoing riots in Los Angeles and for how much it cost. Hegseth fired back

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made his first appearance before the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee on Tuesday to defend the Trump administration’s $1 trillion Pentagon funding request.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday avoided answering lawmakers whether the Pentagon has plans to take Greenland and Panama by force, saying the Defense Department develops plans for “any particular contingency.

The curfew, which Los Angeles Mayor Bass expects to last for several days, is part of the city's strategy to quell ongoing looting and vandalism.

It will be lawmakers’ first chance to ask Hegseth about a myriad of other controversial spending by the ... immigration raid protests in Los Angeles. Hegseth has deployed about 700 active-duty Marines to assist more than 4,100 National Guard troops ...

President Trump has deployed 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles in response to protests over deportations.