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.

Hundreds turned out for the No Kings Defiance Day rally in Kona on June 14, 2025. The event was part of a nationwide movement expressing opposition to the Trump administration. (Tiffany DeMasters/Big Island Now)

A Vietnam war veteran. A first-generation American. A former Trump voter. IndyStar spoke to protesters who had deeply personal reasons for showing up.

By Idrees Ali, Brad Brooks and Alyssa Pointer WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES/ATLANTA (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of Americans attended rallies on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump's aggressive approach in major cities from New York to Atlanta to Los Angeles,

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.

As a military parade rolls through Washington, DC, on Saturday – President Donald Trump’s birthday – millions of Americans are expected to protest in what organizers predict will be the strongest display of opposition to Trump’s administration since he took office in January.

One of President Donald Trump‘s former spokespeople slammed the president for sending troops to quell protests over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in Los Angeles. “Donald Trump is misreading the room,

Across America this weekend, millions attended protests against the Trump administration while President Trump hosted a military parade in Washington, D.C. Staff Writer at The Atlantic Nick Miroff joins Ana Cabrera to share his reporting on the L.