Japan says it is too busy with Russia, China and North Korea to hold annual military parade - Japan defence minister says no scope for ‘slightest gap’ in defence preparedness in potential military ...

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 ...

Trump’s massive military parade has long been on his bucket list after a Bastille Day parade in France in 2017 impressed him. He later scrapped the idea, blaming a “ridiculously high” price tag.

‘No Tyrants,’ which also saw protests in Vancouver and Ottawa, was the Canadian counterpart to the ‘No Kings’ protests that ...

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 ...

Some parade attendees are wearing patriotic swag, MAGA hats, or protest shirts, but the vast majority look like people in town who are excited for the parade, which is set to start at 6:30.

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.

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 ...

President Donald Trump rolled out his military/birthday parade Saturday, an event featuring dozens of tanks and other artillery vehicles, military helicopters, and more than 6,000 uniformed troops ...

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." ...