Tension leading up to the protests has risen due to reported incidents of ICE visiting “sensitive locations,” following Trump ...

The intrigue: A different group of organizers in D.C. cancelled a military parade protest that hoped to attract up to 20,000 people Saturday. They had originally planned to gather at Meridian Hill ...

Meanwhile, more than 2,000 "No Kings Day" protests were held across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the Trump administration and to counterprogram the military parade in Washington, D.C ...

Trump requested for a military parade to be held in Washington D.C. for the 250th anniversary of the Armed Forces. This date also coincides with Trump’s birthday.

The No Kings events are intended to present a peaceful but patriotic “split screen” to the Trump administration’s military parade and reject what they call the president’s overreach ...

Reader’s question coverage of “No Kings” protests and Trump’s parade celebrating Army Re: “ Thousands join anti-Trump protests across Colorado,” June 15 news story ...

Trump’s estimate of 250,000 at the military parade is generally considered wildly optimistic. A more realistic guess was about 50,000. No surprise that Trump’s boast was inflated.

No protests are scheduled to take place in Washington, D.C., however, where the military parade will be held. The group says it will “make action everywhere else the story of America that day.” ...

Following the June 14 parade and protests, here's my takeaway: Trump is nowhere close to a dictator – and Democrats proved U.S. democracy is just fine. Ingrid Jacques is a columnist at USA TODAY.

In the space of a few days last week, President Trump "politicized the military," said The Washington Post in an editorial. And "it wasn't just the parade." ...