Nationwide Protests Against Trump’s Policies
Demonstrators march near the Lincoln Memorial after crossing the Memorial Bridge during the “No Kings” national day of protest in Washington, D.C., on March 28, 2026. Nationwide protests against U.S. President Donald Trump are expected Saturday as millions of people vent fury over what they see as his authoritarian bent and other forms of cruel, law-trampling governance. It is the third time in less than a year that Americans will take to the streets as part of a grassroots movement called “No Kings,” the most vocal and visual conduit for opposition to Trump since he began his second term in January 2025.
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Demonstrators decrying U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies took to city streets across the country on Saturday in the third edition of the “No Kings” rallies, which organizers hope will be the largest single-day nonviolent protest in U.S. history. More than 3,200 events are planned in all 50 states and several cities outside the U.S. The two previous No Kings events attracted millions of participants.
Protests Across the Country
Singers Bruce Springsteen and Joan Baez will headline a rally at the state capitol in Minnesota, where upward of 100,000 people are expected to gather in an area that became a flashpoint over Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration and the incursion of federal immigration agents into Democratic-led urban centers. Other large rallies are taking place in New York, Los Angeles and Washington, but two-thirds of the events are happening outside major city centers, a nearly 40% jump for smaller communities from the movement’s first mobilization last June, organizers said.
On the National Mall in Washington, the crowd chanted pro-democracy slogans and held anti-Trump signs. Outside one high-rise assisted-living center in Chevy Chase, Maryland, a group of elderly people in wheelchairs held signs encouraging passing cars to “Resist tyranny,” “Honk if you want democracy,” and “Dump Trump.” In Austin, Texas, a brass band provided the soundtrack as protesters gathered outside City Hall before a march through downtown.
Midterm Elections and the No Kings Movement
With midterm elections later this year in the U.S., organizers say they have seen a surge in the number of people organizing anti-Trump events and registering to participate in deeply Republican states like Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Utah. Demonstrators attend a “No Kings” protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration policies, in St. Paul, Minnesota, on March 28, 2026. Competitive suburban areas that have helped decide national elections are seeing “huge” increases in interest, Greenberg said, citing as examples Pennsylvania’s Bucks and Delaware counties, East Cobb and Forsyth in Georgia, and Scottsdale and Chandler in Arizona.
Thousands gathered in midtown Manhattan, where actor Robert De Niro, one of the organizers, said that “there have been other presidents who have tested the constitutional limits of their power, but none have been such an existential threat to our freedoms and security.” Protesters descend on Times Square during the “No Kings” national day of protest in New York on March 28, 2026. Nationwide protests against US President Donald Trump are expected Saturday as millions of people vent fury over what they see as his authoritarian bent and other forms of cruel, law-trampling governance.
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Call to Action Against Iran War
The No Kings movement launched last year on Trump’s birthday, June 14, drew an estimated 4 to 6 million people across roughly 2,100 sites nationwide. The second mobilization in October involved an estimated 7 million participants in more than 2,700 cities, according to a crowd-sourcing analysis published by prominent data journalist G. Elliott Morris. Saturday’s events come amid what organizers said was a call to action against the bombardment of Iran by the U.S. and Israel, a conflict that is now four weeks old.
Demonstrators take part in the No Kings Houston Protest, Texas, on March 28, 2026, in Houston. Morgan Taylor, 45, attended the Washington protest with her 12-year-old son, and said she was enraged by Trump’s military action in Iran, which she called a “stupid war.” “Nobody’s attacking us,” Taylor said. “We don’t need to be there.”
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