By Brad Brooks, Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Dietrich KnauthLOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Several U.S. cities braced for protests on Wednesday against President Donald Trump's sweeping immigration raids, as parts of the country's second largest city Los Angeles spent the night under curfew in an effort to quell five days of unrest.

John Bolton dismissed the escalating back-and-forth between Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) over the former’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles ― in response to protests against the Trump administration’s immigration ― as political theater.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said President Donald Trump is “pulling a military dragnet” across Los Angeles during a brief public address on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump has sent U.S. Marines to Los Angeles in an effort to quash anti-ICE protests that have ravaged parts of the city on Tuesday. Images from L.A. show masked protesters blocking roads,

Late Show” host Stephen Colbert said he thinks he knows President Donald Trump’s real motivation for sending troops to Los Angeles. And it’s not to deal with the protests there. “Trump’s just getting revenge on Tinseltown,

California sued Trump over the deployment, with the state attorney general arguing that the president had “trampled” the state’s sovereignty. California leaders accused Trump of fanning protesters’ anger, leading crowds to block off a major freeway and set self-driving cars on fire.

Calling President Trump a threat to the American way of life, Governor Gavin Newsom depicted the federal military intervention in Los Angeles as the onset of a much broader effort by Trump to overturn political and cultural norms at the heart of the nation’s democracy.