Thousands of Americans flocked to downtown D.C. in "Make America Great Again" hats and patriotic gear displaying Old Glory despite the balmy weather and thunderstorms brewing.

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.

“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.”

Texas protests have remained largely peaceful, though DPS warned a small number of state lawmakers of a “credible threat” against them.

Expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit could make a successful program even better—and address a major crisis.

Tens of thousands marched down 5th Avenue, with no reports of property damage, according to the Seattle Police Department. It was over 1.5 miles of people.

Even before his political career began, President Donald Trump had cultivated a reputation that he's a wheeling, dealing maverick of a business negotiator. (The president even famously wrote a book entitled,

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,