Donald Trump reportedly berated Pete Hegseth over a military parade that failed to appear "menacing," blaming soldiers for looking too cheerful.

"No Kings" marches in all 50 states were reminiscent of some of America's biggest debates, from Vietnam to civil rights.

A military parade, festival, and fireworks on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., mark the U.S. Army's 250th birthday. The event coincides with U.S. President Trump's 79th birthday and includes a wreath-laying ceremony,

Sen. John Fetterman defended the U.S. Army parade against online ridicule, asserting that American troops should not be likened to authoritarian forces.

Thousands of demonstrators crowded into streets, parks, and plazas across the US, blaring anti-authoritarian chants mixed with support for protecting democracy and immigrant rights.

There were funnel cakes, stands of festival bling and American flags aplenty. Also, the spray of tear gas against nonviolent marchers in Atlanta, rolling waves of anti-Trump resistance coast to coast and a confrontation in Los Angles.

A group of veterans and their families gathered at a courthouse a few blocks from the Washington, D.C., parade route Saturday to support protesters who had been arrested the previous evening. Roughly

Gavin Newsom's motion for a temporary restraining order that would limit the activities of 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines to protecting federal buildings in a small area of downtown where most of the protests have taken place.