Part of a network of nationwide protest, the "No Kings" protest in Memphis drew thousands of peaceful protesters from around the area.

Virtually every flashpoint in American politics right now involves the First Amendment right to free speech and free expression.

The curfew is now in effect in downtown Los Angeles. Many streets across the area are quiet, but there are still many protesters who have lingered in the area. The police have used so-called less lethal munitions and chemical irritants at times in an effort to disperse protesters. Here’s what else to know:

At noon Saturday, protesters were crowded into City Hall Plaza in Downtown Dallas and Burk Burnett Park in Downtown Fort Worth.

John Oliver rang the alarm on Donald Trump's authoritarianism over his response to the largely peaceful L.A. protests against escalating ICE raids

The No Kings anti-Trump protests against Trump will be widespread and potentially historic like the 1960s civil rights protests.

The “day of defiance” protests began as early as 10 a.m. in North Texas, while the Washington, D.C., military parade for the Army’s 250th birthday starts at 5:30 p.m. Central.

The protest June 14 in Lakeland's Munn Park was part of a coordinated national protest timed to Trump's 79th birthday and a national military parade in D.C.

Demonstrators crowded into parks and plazas across the U.S. Saturday to rally against President Donald Trump as officials urged calm and mobilized National Guard troops ahead a military parade to mark the Army’s 250th anniversary that coincides with the president’s birthday.

Saturday’s anti-Trump protests have largely wound down across the U.S.—and most official events appear to have wrapped up without much controversy or violence. “In one of the largest protests in Seattle history,