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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.
The National History Day contest took place this week in Maryland, after the future of the event was thrown into jeopardy due to Trump’s drastic DOGE cuts.
Donald Trump, the 47th President of the United States of America, turned 79 on June 14. This milestone coincided with the 250th anniversary of the US Army, leading to a significant national event in Washington,
“We’ve entered into this especially scary time in the country where it feels the sort of norms and rhetoric and rules that would tamp down on violence have been lifted,” said Matt Dallek, a political scientist at Georgetown University who studies extremism. “A lot of people are receiving signals from the culture.”
Tanks and thousands of troops paraded through the streets of Washington, D.C., for the Army's 250th anniversary on President Donald Trump's birthday.
Lawrence O'Donnell celebrated President Donald Trump walking back his campaign promise to deport 15 million illegal immigrants from the United States. "The central lie of Donald Trump's deportation campaign promise came apart today,