The parade was the spectacle event Trump had long wanted. It also helped sparked the largest mass opposition to him since his inauguration 145 days earlier.

Millions of demonstrators mobilized around the country as a smaller, subdued crowd gathered to witness the display of grandeur and might in the nation’s muggy capital.

The U.S. Army celebrated its 250th anniversary on Saturday with a massive military parade in Washington, D.C., against a backdrop of political division and protests savaging President Trump.

By Idrees Ali, Tim Reid, Brad Brooks and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of Americans protested President Donald Trump at rallies and marches in major cities from New York to Los Angeles on Saturday,

Hundreds in El Paso joined the nationwide "No Kings" protests in opposition to President Donald Trump. The protests were peaceful.

In 70 or so Michigan cities, from Midland to Muskegon and Milan to Marquette, thousands expressed their dissatisfaction.

By Tim Reid, Brad Brooks and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of Americans protested President Donald Trump at rallies and marches in major cities from New York to Los Angeles on Saturday,

Washington state officials urged people to raise their voices in a planned day of protest Saturday against the policies of President Donald Trump, but urged protesters to avoid violence and deprive Trump of any excuse for intervening as he did in LA.

WASHINGTON (AP) — There were funnel cakes, stands of festival bling and American flags aplenty. There were mighty machines of war, brought out to dazzle and impress. And there was the spray of tear gas against demonstrators in Los Angeles and Atlanta, and rolling waves of anti-Trump resistance coast to coast.