On Saturday, June 14, news headlines highlighted the U.S. Army 250th Anniversary Parade and the nationwide “No Kings” protests against the Trump administration. Leading up to these events were the anti-ICE protests that erupted in Los Angeles early June, prompting Trump to deploy the National Guard to the city despite Governor Newsom’s opposition.

The Media Bias Detector shows how these related events were covered by the mainstream media in the last couple of days; this tool has recently expanded its tracking to 21 publishers, offering a broader exploration and analysis of media coverage.

Coverage of the “No Kings” protests and “Trump’s Military Parade” in Washington D.C. first appeared in mainstream media on June 13, 2025. The most commonly referenced fact in these articles was: “On Saturday, millions will protest President Trump at 2,000 rallies nationwide, coinciding with the Army's 250th anniversary military parade in Washington, DC.”

The next day on June 14, the protests and protests were grouped together into a single event titled “Protests Against Trump Parade.” On the Media Bias Detector, users can view the top facts, or recurring factual statements across multiple articles on the same event. When breaking down the facts for this event, a little less than half of the facts were about the parade itself, while the rest focused on the protests.

Among the facts on the military parade, no publishers have appeared to criticize the parade directly- other than by pointing out the total estimated costs. Additionally, the “No Kings” protests served as a consistent backdrop to coverage of the parade. There was disproportionately more coverage given to the protests, including accounts of the protests and confrontations between protestors and law enforcement.

On the day following the scheduled events (June 15, 2025), the event (Protests Against Trump Parade) moved down to the third-most covered story, with 30 article clusters. At most, there were 52 articles on the “No Kings” protests on June 14, 2025, but the anti-ICE protests received 103 articles a few days previously on June 9, 2025, making it the most-covered story of the day so far in 2025. In total, the anti-ICE protests and the subsequent deployment of the National Guard to California received more continuous coverage over 9 days from June 6 to June 14.

And comparing the distribution of facts to the previous day, there were only three quotes explicitly about the parade on June 15, as the media was primarily fixated on the significance of the “No Kings” protests.

On June 15, the following major events: the political assassination of Minnesota Lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and the threat of nuclear war between Israel and Iran received less media attention than the “No Kings” protests and Trump’s parade. This editorial decision aligns with the continuous coverage of Trump-related headlines, which continue to dominate the media and further drive polarization.

Breaking differences by publisher, on June 14, Fox News wrote 5 articles on the Parade and Protests, but only one article on the assasination and 0 articles on the Israel-Iran conflict. Similarly, Huffington Post wrote 6 articles on the parade that same day but only one article on the assasination. More notably, the Financial Times did not cover any of the major events on June 14 and only wrote one article on Israel-Iran on June 15. And Breitbart, which published several articles on the LA protests in the last week, did not cover the “No Kings” protests and military parade, highlighting that not all outlets cover news events evenly.

The Media Bias Detector reveals dynamics in media coverage, as what is considered high-priority by some outlets may be overlooked by others in the light of what is happening on the world stage. This disproportionate coverage of news events reflects how tensions over the Trump administration are taking center stage over events that outlets otherwise cover frequently, such as those on crime and international conflicts.