‘No Kings’ protests live updates: Organizers claim nearly 7 million people marched in anti-Trump rallies

As the second round of No Kings protests took place across the country today, legal uncertainty persisted in a case relating to a fatal shooting from the first wave of such demonstrations earlier this year.

The shooting occurred when an armed individual identified as a “peacekeeper” overseeing the event saw Arturo Gamboa holding a rifle.

The peacekeeper then shot three times, accidentally killing Folasa Ah Loo and wounding Gamboa, who was later held in jail for six days then released.

The identity of the peacekeeper remains undisclosed, and local officials have not yet issued any charging decisions.

Gamboa insists his was not loaded and that video from the scene of the protest shows she he did threaten anyone.

“In the death of Arthur Folasa Ah Loo we have a unique scenario that we are trying to be as thoughtful and careful about it as we can,” the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office told KSL in a statement. “We appreciate everyone’s patience as we work through the intricacies of this incident, as we are trying to ensure we are doing the right thing.”

California Governor Gavin Newsom tore into the Trump administration on Saturday, accusing the White House of leaning on the military to conduct an “absurd show of force” through a planned exercise to fire live artillery rounds over the busy I-5 highway as part of an event connected to the military’s 250th anniversary.

“The president is putting his ego over responsibility with this disregard for public safety,” Newsom said in a statement. “Firing live rounds over a busy highway isn’t just wrong — it’s dangerous. Using our military to intimidate people you disagree with isn’t strength — it’s reckless, it’s disrespectful, and it’s beneath the office he holds.”

State officials, who temporarily closed I-5 near the Camp Pendleton base where the exercise was taking place, alleged that the Marine Corps confirmed Thursday that the exercise would be conducted on a training range without firing over the freeway.

Newsom’s office claims that a day later, it got word the state should warn passersby of “overhead fire in progress,” with federal officials confirming a live fire exercise was set for Saturday afternoon.

“Due to extreme life safety risk and distraction to drivers, including sudden unexpected and loud explosions, a section of I-5 will be closed for a period on Saturday,” Newsom’s office said.

The firing exercise took place the same day as today’s No Kings protests.

More details in our full story.

Tens of thousands of people gathered around Portland, Oregon, on Saturday for No Kings protests.

In response, the Trump administration has surged federal agents to Portland and (thus far unsuccessfully) sought to deploy the National Guard.

Here’s what the scene looked like on the ground today.

No Kings demonstrations on the West Coast are still going strong.

Here’s a video of the crowd in San Francisco, courtesy of our reporter Io Dodds.

Nearly 7 million demonstrators in small towns and cities across the country showed up for the “No Kings” protests to rally against Donald Trump’s presidency, according to organizers.

The president declared he was “not a king” on Fox News Friday, but that didn’t prevent millions of rally-goers in more than 2,500 locations across the U.S. protesting the second Trump administration. Saturday’s event marked the third mass mobilization since Trump reclaimed the White House last year.

The event marked one of the largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in U.S. history, surpassing the more than 5 million demonstrators who turned up to the first iteration of “No Kings” protests in June, organizers said.

“Today, millions of people showed that we, the people, will not be silenced,” Deirdre Schifeling, chief political and advocacy officer for the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement.

Protesters at rallies across the country shouted a common refrain:“Hey hey! Ho ho! Donald Trump has got to go!” Inflatable suits, Revolutionary War references, and posters depicting Trump in a crown were ubiquitous.

Kelly Rissman has the story:

Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri is one of numerous top Republicans who have dismissed today’s No Kings protests.

In an X post on Saturday, Hawley called the millions of participants “Leftist goons.”

Elsewhere, Hawley issued a scorching condemnation of the protests, seeming to equate those taking part in the demonstrations with Democrats who were previously in power.

“They now say don’t want a king?” Hawley told Fox News. “They just spent the last four years behaving like tyrants.”

“These were the people who weaponized the Justice Department,” he continued, “who tried to rig an election by keeping Donald Trump off the ballot; who tapped the phones of U.S. senators they didn’t like, including me; who turned the FBI against parents at school board meetings; and now they say they don’t want a king? Give me a break. They don’t believe in democracy. They believe in their own power.”

Here’s what one of the many No Kings protests taking place across the country looked like on the ground, according to our San Francisco-based reported Io Dodds.

The No Kings march in San Francisco just started moving, preceded by a police escort and a protester blowing a bugle. It’s moving down the city’s central canyon of Market Street from the Ferry Building towards the Civic Center.

Notably, there is a LOT of patriotic and Revolutionary War imagery of the kind that was once more associated with the conservative Tea Party movement: eagles, flags, 1776.

Stay tuned for updates on how the protests are unfolding.

Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader, showed up alongside a videographer to the Miami “No Kings” protests, the Miami Herald reported.

Tarrio was sentenced in 2023 in connection to the January 6 Capitol riot in 2021. He was pardoned by President Donald Trump earlier this year.

“Walk away from the agitator,” organizers told the crowd using megaphones, the outlet reported. “Please do not engage with any outside agitators.”

“I support all these people, especially her with the bullhorn,” Tarrio said.

“These protestors are 100 percent expressing the same rights as during January 6,” said the person who was livestreaming Tarrio.

Millions gathered for nationwide protests to denounce President Donald Trump administration’s “authoritarianism” — and they came equipped with clever signs and eye-catching costumes.

In what is expected to be one of the largest peaceful protests in U.S. history, demonstrators in cities across the country — from San Francisco to Chicago to New York — marched in protest of what organizers described as the president’s “authoritarian power grabs.” The president insisted he’s “not a king” in a Friday interview with Fox News.

Saturday’s mass protests came four months after the first “No Kings” protests in June, which were largely peaceful and saw few arrests. Demonstrators evoked their frustration with the current state of the country through powerful signs and wardrobe choices.