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‘No Kings’ protests: Demonstrators rally against Trump administration across the US
Updated 11:47 AM EDT, Sat March 28, 2026
Demonstrators rally before marching across the Memorial Bridge during the No Kings protest in Washington, DC, on Saturday. Jose Luis Magana/AP
What to know
• More than 3,100 “No Kings” demonstrations are planned across the United States today. Organizers say millions are expected to attend events from Alabama to Wyoming, rallying against President Donald Trump’s policies, the higher cost of living and the war with Iran.
• Last year, millions of people in red and blue states alike attended largely peaceful protests on two “No Kings” days. Since then, Trump’s nationwide immigration enforcement blitz has come and gone in several major cities. Now, Americans are facing skyrocketing gas prices and a flagging economy due to the war.
• Two-thirds of the people who have RSVPed this weekend live outside of major urban centers, a significant increase from the first “No Kings” events in June, according to organizers. Racial diversity and rising education levels have resulted in the political axis shifting in many suburban communities.
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36 min ago
Springsteen expected to perform at Minnesota "No Kings" rally today
By Rebekah Riess and Alisha Ebrahimji
Bruce Springsteen performs at a "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere" Premiere at TCL Chinese Theatre on October 22, 2025 in Hollywood, California. Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images
Legendary songwriter and musician Bruce Springsteen told the Minnesota Star-Tribune that he will perform his protest anthem “Streets of Minneapolis” at the flagship “No Kings” event today.
The rally is expected to kick off this afternoon at the Minnesota State Capitol.
Springsteen’s song was released earlier this year in protest of federal immigration operations in Minneapolis.
“A city aflame fought fire and ICE beneath an occupier’s boots. King Trump’s private army from the DHS, guns belted to their coats, came to Minneapolis to enforce the law … or so their story goes,” the lyrics state.
Springsteen dedicated the song to the city’s residents and in Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s memory.
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1 hr 17 min ago
What "No Kings" protesters told CNN at past events
By CNN staff
We spoke with attendees at “No Kings” demonstrations in June and October last year, where protesters from all walks of life shared grievances ranging from health care costs to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and his expansion of executive power.
Here’s what some attendees had to say at the June event:
'We're all kings, not him': Hear from protesters at 'No Kings' demonstrations across the country
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1 hr 51 min ago
Here's where some of the protests are happening today
By Elise Hammond
Thousands of “No Kings” protests are happening today across the country, both in urban centers and rural areas.
Here’s a look at where some of them will be:
Minneapolis
Boston
Washington, DC
New York City
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Chicago
Seattle
Seward, Alaska
East Glacier Park, Montana
Waverly, Iowa
Washington, North Carolina
Millersburg, Ohio
Gloucester, Virginia
Black River Falls, Wisconsin
2 hr 18 min ago
What Trump has said about the protests
By Rebekah Riess
US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press on October 19, 2025 aboard Air Force One. Alex Wong/Getty Images
In the past, President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have responded with mockery to the “No Kings” events.
Last fall, they both posted AI memes to social media depicting Trump in a crown. Trump shared a mocked-up vision of himself flying a fighter jet emblazoned with “KING TRUMP” appearing to dump raw sewage on protesters. In Vance’s social media post, prominent Democrats knelt as supplicants in a royal court before Trump.
The president also called October’s mass protests a “joke” and described them as “very small, very ineffective.” The people who took part were “whacked out,” Trump said.
“When you look at those people, those are not representative of the people of our country,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One the day after.
When asked about today’s “No Kings” events, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said on Thursday, “The only people who care about these Trump Derangement Therapy Sessions are the reporters who are paid to cover them.”
But organizers remain undeterred. “Each time we show up, we disrupt President Trump’s attempts to rule through repression and remind the country, and the world, that people power is our path to a truly free America,” the “No Kings” website says.
“It is not just some abstract protest. It is a movement that has seen numbers across racial lines and economic lines,” civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton said at a Thursday news conference. “We may not all agree on some issues, but we all agree that if we do not protect the right to vote and protect democracy, it doesn’t matter where we disagree, we will all be muted and ineffective.”
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2 hr 49 min ago
A suburban show of support is expected at today's rallies
By Rebekah Riess and Chris Youd
Allison Posner, an organizer for an upcoming "No Kings" protest poses for a photo on the steps of the town hall in Maplewood, New Jersey, on Tuesday. Seth Wenig/AP
Two-thirds of the people who have RSVPed for today’s event live outside of major urban centers, up nearly 40% compared with the first “No Kings” event in June 2025, statistics provided by the organizers show.
Racial diversity and rising educational levels have resulted in the political axis shifting in many suburban communities.
“I’m seeing people from the PTA or the neighborhood who would have never joined a protest in the past, who are now asking how they can get involved,” Allison Posner, a 42-year-old mother from Maplewood, New Jersey, told The Associated Press.
Red states and battlegrounds: “No Kings” organizers also said a significant number of protests are planned in GOP strongholds like Texas and Florida.
“Almost 50% of No Kings events are in either a red state or a battleground area for this year,” Eunic Epstein-Ortiz, who is with the No Kings Coalition, said at a news conference on Thursday.
The No Kings Coalition organizes the demonstrations and includes organizations like 50501, Indivisible, AFT, MoveOn, the ACLU, Public Citizen and SEIU, among others.
Texas, Florida and Ohio each have over 100 events scheduled today, and states like Idaho, Wyoming and Utah have events in the double digits, according to the event organizers.
Meanwhile, on the Article Circle: One of the most far-flung demonstrations will be held today in the Alaskan community of Kotzebue.
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3 hr 19 min ago
Here are some of the key issues animating today's protests
By Rebekah Riess and Chris Youd
A protester holds a sign during a "No Kings" protest against US President Donald Trump's policies, outside City Hall in Los Angeles, California, on October 18, 2025. Daniel Cole/Reuters
In the months between “No Kings” rallies, the backdrop of current events has changed — from National Guard deployments to immigration enforcement crackdowns and now the war with Iran.
But many issues remain the same, according to organizers.
“When I stood at the first ‘No Kings’ rally, we were fighting to protect democracy at home and against federal agents and troops that were deployed on American streets, against a government that was manufacturing a crisis to justify using its power against its own people. Today, we’re still fighting that same fight, but now that manufactured crisis has gone global,” said Naveed Shah, a US Army veteran and the political director of Common Defense.
“Our members will be turning out peacefully in the streets because they believe in a better future for this country, and they can’t sit by on the sidelines about what Trump and his administration are doing to our home,” said Katie Bethell, executive director of MoveOn. “Let’s be clear, the Trump administration has become a threat to the American people at every level. They are waging violence at home and abroad.”
“Where’s the money for people struggling to afford their rent, groceries, gas, or health care?”
Americans, organizers said, are fed up with “constant chaos, and they’re ready to stand in solidarity against the Trump administration’s overreach.”
“That’s why millions of us are rising up from all walks of life, from rural communities to big cities at ‘No Kings,’” Bethell said.
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3 hr 21 min ago
What to know about the "No Kings" flagship event
By Rebekah Riess
People gather during a vigil for Renee Good on the steps of the state capitol building on January 9 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Earlier that week, a federal agent fatally shot Good in her car during an incident in south Minneapolis. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
At least 100,000 people are expected to attend the flagship “No Kings” protest at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul this afternoon.
Minneapolis and St. Paul were the epicenter of Operation Metro Surge, the largest immigration enforcement operation in US history, that led to weeks of protest in the Twin Cities over the winter, particularly after federal agents fatally shot Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Federal agents used pepper balls, tear gas and pepper spray against protesters during these clashes, and images from the confrontations prompted concerns from some Trump administration officials over the optics of the immigration crackdown, leading to the withdrawal of some federal law enforcement personnel from the region.
Today’s rally is the first major demonstration since Operation Metro Surge wound down last month and is expected to take on a different tone. Music legend Bruce Springsteen is set to perform at the event.
He will join a star‑studded lineup of cultural icons, including famed folk singer and activist Joan Baez, award-winning actress and activist Jane Fonda, and singer Maggie Rogers. Political leaders are also expected to appear at the event, including Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.
Baez and Fonda spoke out against the Trump administration at a protest in the shadow of the Kennedy Center yesterday.
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3 hr 21 min ago
Millions of protesters attended last year's rallies. Here's a quick recap
By Dalia Faheid and Tori B. Powell
People attend a "No Kings" protest against US President Donald Trump's policies, in Times Square in New York City, on October 18, 2025. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
During the most recent iteration of the nationwide “No Kings” protest, which was held last October, more than 2,700 events drew millions of demonstrators across the country to rally against President Donald Trump’s administration.
That was hundreds more events than were planned for the first go-round last June, when tens of thousands of people also took to the streets to protest what they describe as the president’s authoritarian agenda. That original event had been planned to align with Trump’s military parade in Washington.
Last year’s days of protest featured huge marches in major cities, but CNN also reported on small pockets of “No Kings” protesters cropping up along busy thoroughfares, in small town squares and at municipal parks in red and blue states alike.
The largely peaceful protests followed a tumultuous summer of mass immigration raids, demonstrations against federal immigration enforcement and the deployment of federal troops into Democratic-led cities.
While the Trump administration and some GOP officials painted the anti-Trump protests as the work of “violent left-wing radicals,” the organization behind the “No Kings” events, the Indivisible Project, said at the time that it is committed to “nonviolent action” and had trained tens of thousands of people in safety and de-escalation.
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