More than 8 million people turned out at over 3,300 “No Kings” protests across all 50 states on Saturday, organizers said, calling it the largest single-day demonstration in U.S. history. The first two rounds, in June and October 2025, drew an estimated 5 million and 7 million, respectively. Independent verification of the figures was not immediately available.
Bruce Springsteen performed "Streets of Minneapolis" at the flagship rally in St. Paul, telling a crowd of at least 100,000 that "federal troops brought death and terror to the streets of Minneapolis. They picked the wrong city." Gov. Tim Walz, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Jane Fonda and Joan Baez also spoke or performed.
Tens of thousands more marched through Times Square in New York; crossed Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C.; and rallied from Palm Beach, Fla., to London. In Dallas, clashes erupted between marchers and counterprotesters that included pardoned Jan. 6 figures. In Los Angeles, nine people were arrested after demonstrators hurled rocks and bottles at federal officers outside a detention center overnight, KABC reported.
As of Sunday morning, President Trump did not comment on the protests. The White House dismissed the events Thursday, with spokesperson Abigail Jackson calling them "Trump Derangement Therapy Sessions."
Yahoo provides live updates from the protests below.
Saturday's flagship rally in St. Paul drew far more people than initially reported. Minnesota's Department of Public Safety now puts the crowd at 100,000, the New York Times reported, double the State Patrol's earlier estimate of 50,000. Organizers claimed 200,000.
The NYPD said Saturday evening that tens of thousands of people marched across all five boroughs of New York City during the “No Kings” protests, and not a single protest-related arrest was made.
"We had tens of thousands of people across all five boroughs peacefully exercising their first amendment rights," the department wrote on X.
On Saturday, Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York announced she would put forward legislation preventing sitting presidents from placing their name or image on government property or U.S. currency. The move came days after the Treasury Department announced it would put Trump's signature on U.S. currency, something no sitting president has done before.
"In America," Gillibrand said, "we do not bow to kings."
The No Kings Coalition said Sunday that more than 8 million people participated in over 3,300 protests across all 50 states on Saturday. Organizers called it the largest single-day demonstration in U.S. history.
The previous two rounds drew an estimated 5 million in June and 7 million in October. Independent verification of Saturday's figures was not immediately available.
Folk legend Joan Baez, singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers and Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello all performed at the flagship “No Kings” rally in St. Paul on Saturday, joining Bruce Springsteen on a lineup that turned the Minnesota state Capitol into a concert stage.
Demonstrators dressed in red robes and white bonnets from "The Handmaid's Tale" led the “No Kings” march through downtown Nashville on Saturday, the Tennessean reported. Marchers crossed the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge before rallying at Public Square Park.
Nashville was one of several deep-red state capitals where “No Kings” protests drew crowds on Saturday.
Sen. Bernie Sanders drew a direct line between the Iran war and past conflicts in his speech at the St. Paul, Minn., rally.
"The American people were lied to about the war in Vietnam. We were lied to about the war in Iraq… and we are being lied to today about the war in Iran," Sanders said. "In the last election, Donald Trump pointed out the huge amounts of money that had been wasted in wars. ... He campaigned as a peace candidate. He promised no more forever wars. He lied.”
An ice sculpture of a crown was placed at the “No Kings” rally in Austin, Texas, designed to melt throughout the day as the event unfolded, an MSNOW reporter noted on air.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders addressed the flagship “No Kings” rally in St. Paul, Minn., on Saturday, honoring the two American citizens killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis in January.
"We honor Renee Good and Alex Pretti who lost their lives in the struggle," Sanders said. "These two heroes will not have died in vain. Their sacrifice has inspired and will continue to inspire the American people in the never-ending struggle for justice."
About 40,000 people marched through downtown Philadelphia on Saturday, according to organizers, making it one of the largest “No Kings” rallies outside of Minneapolis, WHYY reported.
Demonstrators gathered at City Hall before heading down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The city served as the flagship location for the first “No Kings” protest in June.
Counter-protesters disrupted the “No Kings” march in downtown Dallas on Saturday, leading to clashes that required police intervention, FOX 4 Dallas reported. One person was detained.
Among the counter-protesters were Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who were both convicted for their roles in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and later pardoned by President Trump.
Bruce Springsteen took the stage at the “No Kings” rally in St. Paul on Saturday and performed "Streets of Minneapolis," his protest anthem about the two American citizens killed by ICE agents in the city this winter.
"This past winter, federal troops brought death and terror to the streets of Minneapolis," Springsteen told the crowd before performing. "They picked the wrong city. Your strength and your commitment told us that this is still America."
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz addressed the flagship “No Kings” rally in St. Paul on Saturday, pushing back on Trump's characterization of protesters as radicals.
"You're damn right we've been radicalized," Walz said. "Radicalized by compassion, radicalized by decency, radicalized by due process, radicalized by democracy."
The White House has dismissed the protests as "Trump Derangement Therapy Sessions."
As “No Kings” rallies drew millions to the streets Saturday, conservatives were wrapping up the final day of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Grapevine, Texas.
Sen. Rick Scott of Florida called on Republicans to eliminate the Senate filibuster to advance Trump's agenda. "It's time we passed all his commonsense ideas with a simple majority vote," Scott said at the conference.
RFK Jr., Sen. Ted Cruz and several Trump Cabinet members also spoke at the four-day conference.
At least 50,000 people gathered at the Minnesota state Capitol in St. Paul on Saturday for the flagship “No Kings” rally, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported, citing the State Patrol.
Bruce Springsteen, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Maggie Rogers and dozens of others are scheduled to speak and perform at the event.
The “No Kings” march in New York City has reached Times Square, with a large crowd filling the streets of midtown Saturday afternoon.
Demonstrators in San Francisco formed a "human banner" on Ocean Beach on Saturday that stated “Trump Must Go Now” as part of the city's “No Kings” protests, ABC7 Bay Area reported.
The city hosted multiple events, including a march from the Embarcadero down Market Street to Civic Center Plaza and a "Westside Resistance Festival" on the Upper Great Highway. More than 60 events were planned across the Bay Area, from San Francisco to Palo Alto.
Actor Robert De Niro addressed a “No Kings” rally in New York on Saturday, calling Trump "an existential threat to our freedoms and security."
"There have been other presidents who have tested the constitutional limits of their power, but none have been such an existential threat," De Niro said. "He must be stopped. And he must be stopped now."
More than 50 “No Kings” rallies are underway across Connecticut on Saturday, with “thousands” packing the grounds of the state Capitol in Hartford, the Hartford Courant reported. Last October's rally at the same location drew an estimated 12,000 people.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Gov. Ned Lamont and Rep. John Larson were among those who spoke at the Hartford event.
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