Good evening, everyone. The No Kings Day protest, according to organizers I’ve spoken with, is now one of the largest demonstrations in American history. Across the country, countless scenes show Americans standing up and exercising their First Amendment rights. I wanted to give you this update tonight as this historic day comes to a close.
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With that, here’s what you missed:
It’s official: No Kings Day 2.0 is one of the largest protests in American history. Organizers tell me nearly 7 million people have protested on this second No Kings Day in over 2,700 events across the world. This is at least two million more people than during the first No Kings Day event in June.
Thousands protested in San Francisco making a “Vote Yes on Prop 50” human chain on the beach:
New York Police officials have confirmed that more than 100,000 people protested today as part of the No Kings Day protest. There was not a single arrest made in New York during the protests.
More than 100,000 protesting in Chicago today:
More than 50,000 people in Los Angeles protesting:
More than 100,000 in Philadelphia today:
More than 100,000 in Boston today:
San Diego Police Department: Over 25,000 people peacefully exercised their First Amendment rights at the event, with no arrests reported.
Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered a temporary closure of a 17-mile stretch of I-5 in San Diego County on Saturday after the Trump administration confirmed live artillery fire would cross the freeway during a large-scale Marine Corps 250th anniversary event at Camp Pendleton, citing safety concerns and condemning the display as reckless and politically charged.
President Donald Trump announced that two survivors of a U.S. military strike on a suspected drug submersible in the Caribbean will be returned to Ecuador and Colombia for prosecution, as he defended the attacks—now totaling six since September—as part of an “armed conflict” against drug cartels that has killed at least 29 people.
During the 2025 US government shutdown, the Trump administration promised to pay more than 70,000 Department of Homeland Security law enforcement officers—including ICE, CBP, Secret Service, and TSA—via a special “supercheck,” while most other federal employees remain unpaid.
The Trump administration’s new Customs and Border Protection rule requires airlines to ignore “X” gender markers on U.S. passports and instead record passengers as “M” or “F,” alarming nonbinary and transgender travelers despite court rulings upholding “X” passport validity and raising concerns over discrimination, confusion, and potential travel disruptions.
Donald Trump commuted George Santos’s seven-year prison sentence for fraud and identity theft after less than three months served, freeing the disgraced ex-congressman and sparking bipartisan outrage over what critics called a corrupt abuse of presidential power.
Vermont state senator Samuel Douglass resigned after racist and antisemitic messages he and his wife shared in a Young Republicans group chat were exposed, prompting condemnation from state leaders and highlighting growing tensions over political extremism and accountability within the GOP.
Prince Andrew announced he will cease using his royal titles, including Duke of York, after renewed scrutiny over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a newly surfaced email allegedly showing continued contact with Epstein—an act hailed as vindication by the family of the late survivor Virginia Giuffre and marking the final collapse of Andrew’s public standing.
Amid rising fears of Russian aggression, Latvia and its Baltic neighbors are rapidly fortifying defenses—building shelters, boosting NATO-aligned military spending, and preparing citizens for potential conflict—reflecting growing concern that Moscow’s war in Ukraine could spill westward into a direct confrontation with NATO.
See you in the morning.
— Aaron
