Overview

• Donald Trump used his 79th birthday to stage a military parade in Washington, D.C., featuring 6,600 troops, tanks and aircraft to mark the Armed Forces’ 250th anniversary.
• He deployed 4,000 National Guard reservists and 700 Marines to Los Angeles without Governor Newsom’s approval to support immigration enforcement during protests.
• Nearly two thousand 'No Kings' demonstrations erupted nationwide to denounce Trump’s perceived authoritarianism, drawing large yet largely peaceful crowds even under threatening weather.
• A congresswoman and her husband were fatally shot by an assailant disguised as a police officer in Minnesota and a Salt Lake City march was targeted by a gunman leaving several wounded.
• Legal battles are intensifying over Trump’s unilateral use of military forces on American soil as courts assess challenges to his executive authority.