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“No Kings” demonstrations marched in hundreds of cities to protest what organizers describe as President Donald Trump’s authoritarian agenda, including recent immigration raids that have rattled communities across the country.
“The corruption has gone too far,” protest organizers wrote on their website. “No thrones. No crowns. No kings.”
Hundreds of thousands of people participated in the demonstrations, but no events were scheduled in Washington, D.C., where a military parade for the Army’s 250th anniversary is underway, coinciding with the president’s birthday.
The protests so far have not involved the kind of mass arrests and civil disobedience seen in Los Angeles over the last week, though there have been sporadic security threats, including protesters hit with vehicles in San Francisco and Virginia, as well as a threat against lawmakers in Texas that prompted the evacuation of the state capitol building.
In Los Angeles, police dispersed a large crowd using flash bang grenades, tear gas and officers on horseback.
In Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz asked the public to refrain from attending demonstrations across the state as police searched for a suspect in the Saturday morning shooting of a state lawmaker and her husband.
A White House official dismissed the protests as a “complete and utter failure with minuscule attendance.”
Journalist Sergio Olmos with CalMatters captured a couple’s proposal steps away from a line of officers in riot gear in downtown Los Angeles.
County deputies and LAPD officers have fired tear gas and pepper balls into crowds gathered near a federal building that has been the site of protests against Trump’s immigration agenda.
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Alex Woodward15 June 2025 03:12
Drag queen and activist Bridgette Bandit performed a set to “Killing in the Name Of” by Rage Against the Machine during the “No Kings” protest at the Texas State Capitol in Austin.
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Alex Woodward15 June 2025 03:06
Today’s “No Kings” demonstrations are the largest mass gatherings against President Trump since the 2017 Women’s March, which took place shortly after the Republican’s first inauguration.
Rhian Lubin has this look at what happened across the country-spanning protests this time around.
Josh Marcus15 June 2025 03:05
Protesters are beginning to leave an area in downtown Los Angeles after police fired tear gas, rubber bullets and pepper balls to disperse a crowd gathering outside a federal building that was at the center of demonstrations against ICE and Trump’s anti-immigration agenda.
A mandatory curfew at 8 p.m. PST is two hours away, but the order is moot following the police order to disperse.
Following that order this afternoon, local and county officers began firing into the crowd and marching against demonstrators, with police on horseback swinging batons and officers pushing up against crowds with riot shields.
Some protesters kicked gas canisters back to police lines or pushed up against officers, but nothing compared to clashes last weekend. It does not appear any National Guard or Marines have faced off with demonstrators.
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Alex Woodward15 June 2025 02:15
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One person has been arrested in Texas for allegedly making a threat to Democratic lawmakers planning on attending a rally at the state Capitol building, a threat that caused police to evacuate the state complex earlier today, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
DPS told The Associated Press the individual was arrested after a traffic stop in La Grange, about 65 miles from Austin.
Josh Marcus15 June 2025 01:19
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We’re still sorting through the details of what is happening on the ground in Los Angeles, where a massive contingent of police has used riot weapons to clear out a large crowd of protesters near a federal building.
Police accused the crowd of failing to comply with a dispersal order around the federal complex, and later said in a statement, “People in the crowd are throwing rocks, bricks, bottles and other objects.”
Media members on the ground, and protesters themselves, said the demonstration around the area had been peaceful, and that there was no clear reason for the escalation in force.
Police appeared to deploy riot-control weapons, including rubber bullets and tear gas, against a large crowd of protesters in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon, after a dispersal order was given for a crowd outside a federal building complex.
Photos and videos of the scene captured scores of demonstrators fleeing a massive crowd of assembled officers, including police on horseback.
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Josh Marcus15 June 2025 00:46
Predictably, the Trump administration doesn’t think all that highly of the “No Kings” protests across the country, which have brought hundreds of thousands of people into the streets to protest Trump and what critics see as the president’s authoritarian leanings.
“The so-called No Kings protests have been a complete and utter failure with minuscule attendance,” White House director of communications Steven Cheung wrote on X. “It is sad Democrats and liberals would rather support criminals and illegals instead of celebrating the 250th anniversary of our great U.S. Army and Flag Day.”
“But many more Americans are commemorating our brave military men and women who have given the ultimate sacrifice and who those continue to serve our country,” he added.
Josh Marcus15 June 2025 00:35