WASHINGTON — Protesting the direction of the country under President Donald Trump , people will gather Saturday in the nation’s capital and communities across the U.S. for “No Kings” demonstrations.

This is the third mass mobilization since Trump's return to the White House and it is expected to be the largest. It comes against the backdrop of a government shutdown that not only has closed federal programs and services, but is testing the core balance of power as an aggressive executive confronts Congress and the courts in ways that organizers warn is a slide toward American authoritarianism.

More than 2,600 rallies are planned in cities large and small, organized by hundreds of coalition partners.

Trump himself is away from Washington at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida.

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