No Kings protests live updates: millions of people across the US expected to rally against Trump administration

More than 3,000 No Kings events scheduled in cities and towns in third set of protests since Trump re-election

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At the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., about a thousand people gathered to protest the Trump administration’s cuts to scientific research and wide-ranging policies that have damaged health at home and abroad.

“If we don’t speak up, RFK Jr and Jay Bhattacharya will own the airwaves,” said Nina Friedman, a doctoral candidate at University of Maryland whose research has been supported by NIH.

“What I see is one person trying to run science like a king,” said Michael Green, an early-career researcher whose work on trust in doctors among Black patients was terminated in the sweeping cuts enacted over the past year. “I study trust for a living,” Green said. “Trust is not gained by going on a podcast,” he added, a reference to the frequent right-wing podcast appearances by Jay Bhattacharya, the head of NIH.