No Kings day rallies kick off across the US, with millions expected in anti-Trump protests

WASHINGTON — Large crowds were gathering Saturday morning in the nation’s capital for the third No Kings protest, rallying with others across the United States against what organizers say is an unprecedented expansion of power by President Donald Trump.

Thousands of people carrying signs and playing music began the day at Memorial Circle below Arlington National Cemetery. Crowds exiting the cemetery Metro stop clogged exit gates as they flowed toward Arlington Memorial Bridge into the district, where an afternoon rally on the Mall was scheduled.

A dense crowd already was packed around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool by late Saturday morning.

No Kings day national organizers anticipate more than 3,000 demonstrations across the United States, in every congressional district, and worldwide marches are organized on six continents, according to Logan Keith, a No Kings day organizer and national communications coordinator for the advocacy group 50501.

The previous No Kings demonstration in October drew millions of Americans to the streets, and Saturday’s protests were expected to as well.

A speaker rallying the crowd at the Virginia side of the bridge urged participants to vote in the upcoming 2026 midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.

“Let’s get our march on, let’s fight,” he said.

The White House released a statement ahead of Saturday’s rally criticizing the event and the media. President Donald Trump was at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday.

“The only people who care about these Trump Derangement Therapy Sessions are the reporters who are paid to cover them,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in the written statement to media Friday.