Overview
- The No Kings coalition staged roughly 3,300 rallies Saturday, claiming at least eight million participants nationwide, though authorities released no official counts.
- Minneapolis–St. Paul anchored the day after January’s deadly immigration raids, as Bruce Springsteen performed a tribute and Bernie Sanders addressed a large crowd.
- Most marches were peaceful, but Portland saw clashes with federal agents outside an ICE office and Los Angeles police used tear gas and pepper rounds, making dozens of arrests and injuring at least one person; ICE is the federal immigration enforcement agency.
- The White House press secretary Abigail Jackson dismissed the demonstrations as therapy sessions for anti‑Trump delirium, and President Trump was reported at his Florida golf club.
- Organizers said turnout grew outside major cities into Republican-leaning states and rural towns, channeling anger over aggressive ICE tactics, civil-liberties concerns, rising costs, and the war with Iran.