A flag flies near a banner depicting U.S. President Donald Trump during the “No Kings” protests against the president’s policies in Washington, DC, USA, October 18, 2025.
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Rallies of thousands of people are expected to take place across the United States on Saturday as part of the latest “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies.
Organizers said more than 3,200 events were planned in all 50 states in what they hope will be the largest single-day nonviolent protest in U.S. history. The past two No Kings events have attracted millions of participants.
The flagship rallies will be held in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Minnesota’s Twin Cities, but organizers said two-thirds of participants are expected to come from outside major urban centers, with a nearly 40% increase in smaller communities since the first mobilization last June.
“What will determine this Saturday’s mobilization is not just how many people are protesting, but where they are protesting,” said Leah Greenberg, co-founder of Indivisible, a group that started the No Kings movement last year and led the planning for Saturday’s event.
With midterm elections in the United States later this year, organizers say they are seeing a surge in the number of people planning and registering to attend events in heavily Republican states such as Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Utah.
Greenberg said interest has increased “significantly” in competitive suburban areas that determine national elections, citing Bucks and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania, East Cobb and Forsyth counties in Georgia, and Scottsdale and Chandler counties in Arizona as examples.
“The voters who decide elections, the people who are knocking on doors and registering to vote, and doing all the work to turn protest into power, are out on the streets right now, and they’re furious,” she said.
In a statement, White House press secretary Abigail Jackson dismissed the rally as a “Trump confusion therapy session” of interest only to journalists.
Saturday marks the third No Kings Day of Action. The movement began last year on President Trump’s birthday, June 14, and drew an estimated 4 million to 6 million people to about 2,100 venues across the country. The second mobilization in October drew an estimated 7 million participants in more than 2,700 cities, according to a crowdsourced analysis published by renowned data journalist G. Elliott Morris.
October’s events were largely fueled by a government shutdown, an aggressive crackdown by federal immigration authorities, and a backlash against the deployment of the National Guard to major cities.
Saturday’s protests come as organizers call for action against the US and Israeli shelling of Iran, a conflict that has now dragged on for four weeks.
Deirdre Schiffering, political and advocacy director for the American Civil Liberties Union, said the protests had led to tangible results.
“When we stand up to President Trump’s abuses of power, like most bullies, he backs down,” he said, citing the regime change in protests over the deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles and the killing of two Americans by ICE in Minneapolis.
