“No Kings” Protests Draw 8-M Participants in All 50 States

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 US history.

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. (Photo: Bruce Springsteen Facebook) 

The first two rounds, held in June and October 2025, drew an estimated 5 million and 7 million participants, respectively, Jack Brewster reported for Yahoo News.

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, Florida, to London, according to reports from the Associated Press (AP), Reuters, and BBC News.

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 had not commented on the protests.

The White House dismissed the events on Thursday, while critics argued that Trump himself now suffers from “Trump dementia episodes.”