No Kings Day” protests are planned in New York City and across the country this weekend in opposition to what some are characterizing as increasingly authoritarian practices by President Donald Trump.

Protesters flooded into streets chanting, marching and waving homemade signs. Organizers said nearly 7 million people showed up for the demonstrations across the country.

Opponents of President Donald J. Trump’s administration will once again rally at thousands of locations around the U.S. — and dozens upstate.

David Cox, 54, from Newark Valley, was arrested in Brooklyn after allegedly threatening to attack ICE agents with firebombs on the same day as nationwide protests.

The "No Kings" organizing group said rallies are expected in hundreds of locations across the country on Saturday in cooperation with civil rights groups and other organizations. The movement said it mobilized millions of people at its protests in June. Here is the latest map from their website showing where rallies are planned:

An estimated 100,000 people rallied against the Trump administration throughout New York City for a massive ‘No Kings’ march on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. The protest called for a stop

There’s no clear sense of how many of Saturday’s 7 million 'No Kings' protesters were Black; there was a debate among Black people regarding participation.

In a show of solidarity magnifying the urgency of current threats to human rights, nearly seven million people attended the No Kings protests across the United States on Saturday, according to organizers,

President Donald Trump denied being a 'king' after weekend protests, calling demonstrators "whacked out" while Democrats like Chuck Schumer defended the rallies.