Overview

• Organizers said actions were held at more than 2,600 sites across all 50 states, with media citing organizer-claimed turnout near 7 million as the largest of Trump's second term.
• Tens of thousands packed Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue between the Capitol and the White House, with large crowds also reported in New York and Los Angeles.
• Participants rallied under the 'No Kings' banner to protest aggressive immigration sweeps and the dispatch of state troops to cities, denouncing detentions without due process.
• Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson condemned the demonstrations ahead of time, calling them expressions of hate for America and likening them to pro-Hamas gatherings.
• Human-rights groups and labor unions coordinated the events, which followed a June nationwide wave, with protests also reported in Republican-leaning states such as Utah and Alabama.