“We’re preparing for an enormous turnout,” said Matt McCool of the Secret Service's Washington Field office, who said more than 18 miles of “anti-scale fencing” would be erected and “multiple drones” would be in the air. The entire District of Columbia is normally a no-fly zone for drones.

ABC News suspended its senior national correspondent, Terry Moran, after he called White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller a “world-class hater” in a since-deleted post on X. “ABC News stands for objectivity and impartiality in its news coverage and does not condone subjective personal attacks on others,” an ABC News spokesperson said in …

Some 200,000 spectators are expected to attend to see military aircraft and tanks on Flag Day, which is also Trump's birthday.