Around 1,800 protests are set to coincide with President Trump's military parade in Washington, D.C. yet none planned in the U.S. capital. Here's why.

Crowds of protesters gathered nationwide Saturday for ‘No Kings’ protests, opposing President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies. The demonstrations coincided with the Army’s 250th anniversary parade,

That’s part of why George Atkinson, a former high school government teacher, felt compelled to join a protest in downtown Houston on Saturday. The 89-year-old affixed a sign to his walker that read, “The clothes have no emperor! He’s all hat and no cattle!”

(There was not a “No Kings” protest in DC itself, but there was a march from Logan Circle to the White House organized by Refuse Fascism.) In Falls Church, hundreds of “No Kings” protestors lined a several-block stretch of Broad Street near the ...

“The most threatening sound to an oligarch is laughter.”

At a glance … The final round of the US Open, the PGA Tour’s third major, gets underway this morning at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania. Sam Burns has the overnight lead at 4-under. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is tied for 11th.

The Houston demonstration is one of several planned in the region throughout the day and is expected to draw thousands of protesters.