The parade is expected to include about 6,600 soldiers, 50 helicopters and 60-ton M1 Abrams battle tanks, as well as possibly 200,000 attendees and heightened security to match.

Several people involved in an apparent anti-ICE protest in Washington D.C. on Friday were detained by Capitol Police on the U.S. Capitol grounds after allegedly breaching a barrier and running towards the steps of the Capitol Building,

The parade, honoring the Army’s long-planned 250th anniversary celebration and coinciding with Trump’s 79th birthday, is set to step off from the Lincoln Memorial under the threat of stormy weather in Washington and protests around the country tied to a turbulent week of immigration enforcement that has involved military deployment in Los Angeles.

County Executive Marc Elrich says federal responses to First Amendment-protected demonstrations against ICE actions are “chilling.”

Demonstrators are gathering in cities across the U.S. against President Donald Trump. That’s happening Saturday as officials urge calm, National Guard troops mobilize and Trump attends a military parade in Washington to mark the Army’s 250th anniversary.

Hundreds of people gathered at Washington Square Park in downtown Salt Lake City on Thursday, protesting the Trump administrations's raids on undocumented immigrants. Then they marched to the federal building.

Americans are planning to demonstrate against President Donald Trump across the U.S. on Saturday as a counterpoint to the 200,000 people expected to attend the military parade in Washington

WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - Americans are divided over President Donald Trump 's decision to activate the military to respond to protests against his crackdown on migrants, with about half supportive of the move, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Thursday.