Summary
Closing summary
Our live coverage is ending now. In the meantime, you can find all of our live US politics coverage here. Here is a summary of the key developments from today:
Millions of people were expected to protest against the Trump administration at more than 3,000 “No Kings” events across the United States. Although organizers do not yet have an exact count of how many people attended, it’s clear that hundreds of thousands of people turned out at rallies in New York City, Washington DC, Minnesota’s Twin Cities, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Paris, Berlin, Nashville, Dallas, Denver and elsewhere.
At the flagship protest in St Paul, Minnesota, tens of thousands filled the streets around the state capitol to commiserate, mourn and speak out again the Trump administration. Bruce Springsteen sang his song about the death and destruction brought by ICE titled “Streets of Minneapolis”.
Outside the United States, Americans living abroad kicked off the day’s demonstrations alongside their neighbors in France, Portugal, Germany, Italy and Greece. A massive, although unrelated, demonstration against the far-right also took place in the United Kingdom.
In New York City, Letitia James, the state attorney general, Jumaane Williams, the city public advocate, Robert De Niro, Rev Al Sharpton and Padma Lakshmi attended one of serveral marches that converged in Times Square.
The White House and Republican leadership denounced the No Kings day events as “Trump Derangement Therapy Sessions” and “Hate America Rallies”.
Counter-protesters held events in support of the president in a handful of cities, including West Palm Beach, Florida and Dallas, Texas, where leaders of Oath and the Proud Boys were in attendance.
Police in Hawaii have determined that a bomb threat at the state capitol grounds in Honolulu is “no threat to the public”.
Honolulu police announced in a social media post that all roadways have been reopened and the planned No Kings protest has been moved back to the capitol.
Local news reported that police, with state sheriffs assisting, had evacuated the capitol and closed off four streets nearby. A police news release shortly before 10am announced that the protest would be moved to the Iolani Palace grounds while the validity of the bomb threat could be determined.
Honolulu police called in K-9 and special services units to help investigate the bomb threat.
