'No Kings' protesters fill Times Square in New York City as thousands join protest against Trump

Protesters nationwide gathered at more that 2,500 locations on Oct. 18, 2025 to rally against President Donald Trump in what organizers predicted could be the largest one-day protest in modern American history. The protests were meant as a celebration of free speech, the right to assemble and the First Amendment broadly, according to organizers. They said they also want to push back against recent moves by the Trump administration, including ramped-up immigration enforcement, sending troops into a handful of Democrat-controlled cities, making massive changes to American health care and eroding First Amendment rights, organizers say. Read more: https://shorturl.at/DSYsO Sign up for our newsletter for the day's top stories, from sports to movies to politics to world events: https://profile.usatoday.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/