Demonstrators donning the logo and insignia of Patriot Front, a white supremacist group, were seen protesting in the Eastern Market neighborhood and on Capitol Hill on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence. Sporting white masks, sunglasses and Patriot Front's signature tan caps, the protesters carried Confederate, Patriot Front and upside-down U.S. flags as they marched through Capitol Hill. The group was also photographed riding public transit on Saturday morning.

Hundreds of masked members of the white nationalist group Patriot ‌Front marched through parts of Washington, D.C., on Saturday ahead of Independence Day festivities planned for the evening that have been criticized as divisive. The group posted on social media that it had arrived in the capital with about 400 members, and Reuters photographers saw hundreds of people dressed in Patriot Front ​outfits traveling on D.C. Metro trains.

White supremacist group Patriot Front marched in Washington on Independence Day, chanting, "Reclaim America." Donning white face coverings, hats and glasses, the incognito protesters gathered outside Union Station before heading to Eastern Market, 2 miles southeast of the Capitol, the morning of America's semiquincentennial. Many of them carried American flags, some of which were upside down, or Confederate flags, plus shields and drums.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt threw Gen Z under the bus, saying younger Americans have a certain "laziness" that is preventing them from making it in the working world. Leavitt joined Thursday's edition of Jesse Watters Primetime on Fox News, where the host noted recent Democratic primary victories by leftist candidates in New York and their popularity with younger voters.

Three sons of the former Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prayed beside his coffin and those of ⁠four other family members ⁠on Sunday, but Mojtaba, ​the son who has succeeded him as Iran's supreme leader, did not make an appearance. State TV showed Mostafa, Meysam and Masoud Khamenei praying behind the coffins laid out in the ⁠vast courtyard of Tehran's Imam Khomeini Mosalla, a sprawling religious complex. In a show of public devotion to the theocratic state and revolutionary zeal, the country is staging a week of mass funeral processions ⁠for Khamenei, including taking his remains to Shia religious sites in neighbouring Iraq.