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Houston: People gather in Houston for the No Kings nationwide demonstration.

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No Kings protests took place across the country from New York City to Atlanta to Los Angeles.

The 50501 Movement, which stands for 50 states, 50 protests, one movement, said the nationwide protests are aimed at calling attention to what they say are authoritarian actions of the Trump administration.

Here is what it looked like.

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Texas

Houston: A protester shouts with a megaphone at No Kings protest.

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Thousands march for the ‘No Kings Day’ protest Saturday, June 14, 2025, in downtown Dallas.

Dallas: Thousands march for the No Kings protest Saturday, June 14, 2025, in downtown.

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Austin: A woman wears a duck beak during the No Kings protest at the Texas Capitol.

Austin: A woman wears a duck beak during the No Kings protest at the Texas Capitol.

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Austin: Thousands of protestors gather during the No Kings protest at the Texas Capitol.

Austin: Thousands of protestors gather during the No Kings protest at the Texas Capitol.

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Connecticut

Hartford, Ct. — June 14, 2025 — A passenger in a car gives a sign of support for protestors at the Connecticut State Capitol during today’s No Kings protest in Hartford, Ct. Event organizers said nearly 7000 people attended the event. (Mark Mirko/Connecticut Public)

Hartford: A passenger in a car gives a sign of support for protestors at the Connecticut State Capitol.

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Hartford: Demonstrators outside The Connecticut State Capitol chant during a No Kings protest that event organizers said an estimated 7000 people attended.

Hartford: Demonstrators outside The Connecticut State Capitol chant during a No Kings protest that event organizers said an estimated 7000 people attended.

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Hartford, Ct.: A person wearing a twi-corner hat and spectacles resembling those affiliated with Benjamin Franklin.

Hartford, Ct.: A person wearing a twi-corner hat and spectacles resembling those affiliated with Benjamin Franklin.

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Missouri

St. Louis: Thousands march in downtown St. Louis  during the No Kings protest.

St. Louis: Thousands march in downtown St. Louis during the No Kings protest.

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St. Louis: James Slinkard, 21, holds hands with Taylor Cunningham, 22, both of Cape Girardeau, Mo., while protesting. “I feel like I have the responsibility to be here because there are people who can’t be,” said Cunningham. “I feel like I have to protest.”

St. Louis: James Slinkard, 21, holds hands with Taylor Cunningham, 22, both of Cape Girardeau, Mo., while protesting. “I feel like I have the responsibility to be here because there are people who can’t be,” said Cunningham. “I feel like I have to protest.”

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St. Louis: Robert Hull, a 76-year-old demonstrator from St. Charles, left in green, protests alongside his granddaughter Maddie Flynn, 29 of Wentzville, center, during the No Kings protest, in downtown St. Louis. “I cannot stand to see injustices perpetrated against groups of people,” she said. “I have the privilege to speak up and my grandpa taught me to stand up for people who can’t stand up for themselves.”

St. Louis: Robert Hull, a 76-year-old demonstrator from St. Charles, left in green, protests alongside his granddaughter Maddie Flynn, 29 of Wentzville, center, during the No Kings protest, in downtown St. Louis. “I cannot stand to see injustices perpetrated against groups of people,” she said. “I have the privilege to speak up and my grandpa taught me to stand up for people who can’t stand up for themselves.”

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Washington

Seattle: Demonstrators cheer after getting a horn from the Seattle Monorail while marching from Cal Anderson Park to Seattle Center.

Seattle: Demonstrators cheer after getting a horn from the Seattle Monorail while marching from Cal Anderson Park to Seattle Center.

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Seattle: Imelda, a demonstrator, holds a red rose while draped in an American flag while protesting.

Seattle: Imelda, a demonstrator, holds a red rose while draped in an American flag while protesting.

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California

San Francisco: Thousands of protesters march down Dolores Street.

San Francisco: Thousands of protesters march down Dolores Street.

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San Francisco: People form a human banner at Ocean Beach.

San Francisco: People form a human banner at Ocean Beach.

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San Francisco: Thousands of protesters march down Dolores Street.

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San Diego: A musician watches as thousands of protestors, reflected in their sunglasses, march through downtown.

San Diego: A musician watches as thousands of protestors, reflected in their sunglasses, march through downtown.

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Los Angeles: Los Angeles Sheriff's deputies stand guard on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall as protesters assemble.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies stand guard on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall as protesters assemble.

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Los Angeles: Demonstrators deploy a giant banner reading "We the People," the first three words of the U.S. Constitution's preamble.

Los Angeles: Demonstrators deploy a giant banner reading “We the People,” the first three words of the U.S. Constitution’s preamble.

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Tennessee

Thousands gathered in Nashville Saturday morning, first crowding Bicentennial Park, before lining nearby streets.

In Nashville, protestors lined the streets around the city’s Germantown neighborhood during the No Kings protest.

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Georgia

Atlanta: Police deployed tear gas on protesters on Chamblee Tucker Road in Embry Hills on Saturday afternoon after some attempted to get onto the ramp to I-285.

Atlanta: Police deployed tear gas on protesters on Chamblee Tucker Road in Embry Hills on Saturday afternoon after some attempted to get onto the ramp to I-285.

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Macon, Ga.: People gathered Saturday in the same strip of downtown park used for a political rally nearly every weekend since the Hands Off protests in April.

Macon, Ga.: People gathered Saturday in the same strip of downtown park used for a political rally nearly every weekend since the Hands Off protests in April.

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At the Macon, Ga. No Kings protest.

Macon: Protesters assembled in downtown Macon.

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Virginia

Charlottesvile, Va.: People take to the streets to protest.

Charlottesvile, Va.: People take to the streets to protest.

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Oklahoma

Tulsa: Protesters gather for protest in downtown Tulsa.

Tulsa: Protesters gather for protest in downtown Tulsa.

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Minnesota

St. Paul: A demonstrator looks on as a speaker addresses the crowd during a "No Kings" protest.

St. Paul: A demonstrator looks on as a speaker addresses the crowd during a “No Kings” protest.

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St. Paul: Demonstrators rally outside the Minnesota State Capitol building.

St. Paul: Demonstrators rally outside the Minnesota State Capitol building.

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St. Paul: People take photos as demonstrators march to the Minnesota State Capitol building.

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Pennsylvania

Martin Luther King III, center right, and his wife Arndrea Waters King

Philadelphia: Martin Luther King III, center right, and his wife Arndrea Waters King, center left, march.

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Philadelphia: Demonstrators fill Eakins Oval in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Philadelphia: Demonstrators fill Eakins Oval in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Illinois

Chicago: Demonstrators take part in the No Kings Day protest.

Chicago: Demonstrators take part in the No Kings Day protest.

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Florida

Tallahassee, Fla: Anna Marie Shealy dressed as Lady Liberty

Tallahassee, Fla: Anna Marie Shealy dressed as Lady Liberty for the No Kings protest.

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West Palm Beach, Fla.: Palm Beach Sheriff officers keep protesters from crossing a bridge to President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.

West Palm Beach, Fla.: Palm Beach Sheriff officers keep protesters from crossing a bridge to President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.

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 Tallahassee, Fla.: People gather on the grounds of Florida’s old capitol.

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France

Paris, France: People holding umbrellas reading save democracy take part in the No Kings  protest.

Paris, France: People holding umbrellas reading save democracy take part in the No Kings protest.

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Trump claims US stockpiles mean wars can be fought ‘forever’; Kristi Noem testifies before Congress – US politics live

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Trump says US stockpiles mean “wars can be fought ‘forever’”

In a late night post on Truth Social, Donald Trump said that the US munitions stockpiles “at the medium and upper medium grade, never been higher or better”.

He added that the US has a “virtually unlimited supply of these weapons”, meaning that “wars can be fought ‘forever’”.

This comes after Trump said that the US-Israel war on Iran could go beyond the four-five weeks that the administration initially predicted. The president also did not rule out the possibility of US boots on the ground in Iran during an interview with the New York Post on Monday.

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“I rebuilt the military in my first term, and continue to do so. The United States is stocked, and ready to WIN, BIG!!!,” he wrote.

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During his opening remarks, Senate judicicary committee chairman, Chuck Grassley, blamed Democrats for the ongoing shutdown Department of Homeland Security (DHS) but highlighted four agencies: the Secret Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and the Coast Guard.

Democrats are demanding tighter guardrails for federal immigration enforcement, but a sweeping tax bill signed into law last year conferred $75bn for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which means the agency is still functional amid the wider department shuttering.

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Supreme Court blocks redrawing of New York congressional map, dealing a win for GOP

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The Supreme Court on Monday intervened in New York’s redistricting process, blocking a lower court decision that would likely have flipped a Republican congressional district into a Democratic district.    
  
At issue is the midterm redrawing of New York’s 11th congressional district, including Staten Island and a small part of Brooklyn. The district is currently held by a Republican, but on Jan. 21, a state Supreme Court judge ruled that the current district dilutes the power of Black and Latino voters in violation of the state constitution.  
  
GOP Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, who represents the district, and the Republican co-chair of the state Board of Elections promptly appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to block the redrawing as an unconstitutional “racial gerrymander.” New York’s congressional election cycle was set to officially begin Feb. 24, the opening day for candidates to seek placement on the ballot.  
  
As in this year’s prior mid-decade redistricting fights — in Texas and California — the Trump administration backed the Republicans.   
 
Voters and the State of New York contended it’s too soon for the Supreme Court to wade into this dispute. New York’s highest state court has not issued a final judgment, so the voters asserted that if the Supreme Court grants relief now “future stay applicants will see little purpose in waiting for state court rulings before coming to this Court” and “be rewarded for such gamesmanship.” The state argues this is an issue for “New York courts, not federal courts” to resolve, and there is sufficient time for the dispute to be resolved on the merits. 
  
The court majority explained the decision to intervene in 101 words, which the three dissenting liberal justices  summarized as “Rules for thee, but not for me.” 
 
The unsigned majority order does not explain the Court’s rationale. It says only how long the stay will last, until the case moves through the New York State appeals courts. If, however, the losing party petitions and the court agrees to hear the challenge, the stay extends until the final opinion is announced. 
 
Dissenting from the decision were Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Writing for the three, Sotomayor  said that  if nonfinal decisions of a state trial court can be brought to highest court, “then every decision from any court is now fair game.” More immediately, she noted, “By granting these applications, the Court thrusts itself into the middle of every election-law dispute around the country, even as many States redraw their congressional maps ahead of the 2026 election.” 

Monday’s Supreme Court action deviates from the court’s hands-off pattern in these mid-term redistricting fights this year. In two previous cases — from Texas and California — the court refused to intervene, allowing newly drawn maps to stay in effect.  
  
Requests for Supreme Court intervention on redistricting issues has been a recurring theme this term, a trend that is likely to grow.  Earlier last month  the high court allowed California to use a voter-approved, Democratic-friendly map.  California’s redistricting came in response to a GOP-friendly redistricting plan in Texas that the Supreme Court also permitted to move forward. These redistricting efforts are expected to offset one another.     
   
But the high court itself has yet to rule on a challenge to Louisiana’s voting map, which was drawn by the state legislature after the decennial census in order to create a second majority-Black district.  Since the drawing of that second majority-black district, the state has backed away from that map, hoping to return to a plan that provides for only one majority-minority district.    
     
The Supreme Court’s consideration of the Louisiana case has stretched across two terms. The justices failed to resolve the case last term and chose to order a second round of arguments this term adding a new question: Does the state’s intentional creation of a second majority-minority district violate the constitution’s Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments’ guarantee of the right to vote and the authority of Congress to enforce that mandate?    
Following the addition of the new question, the state of Louisiana flipped positions to oppose the map it had just drawn and defended in court. Whether the Supreme Court follows suit remains to be seen. But the tone of the October argument suggested that the court’s conservative supermajority is likely to continue undercutting the 1965 Voting Rights Act.   

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Map: Earthquake Shakes Central California

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Map: Earthquake Shakes Central California

Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 3 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “weak,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown.  All times on the map are Pacific time. The New York Times

A minor earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.5 struck in Central California on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The temblor happened at 7:17 a.m. Pacific time about 6 miles northwest of Pinnacles, Calif., data from the agency shows.

As seismologists review available data, they may revise the earthquake’s reported magnitude. Additional information collected about the earthquake may also prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map.

Source: United States Geological Survey | Notes: Shaking categories are based on the Modified Mercalli Intensity scale. When aftershock data is available, the corresponding maps and charts include earthquakes within 100 miles and seven days of the initial quake. All times above are Pacific time. Shake data is as of Monday, March 2 at 10:20 a.m. Eastern. Aftershocks data is as of Monday, March 2 at 11:18 a.m. Eastern.

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