WASHINGTON — Organizers are gearing up for a second "No Kings Day" protest on Saturday, Oct. 18, hoping to rival the success of the first demonstrations.

More than 2,500 individual events are registered with the organization's website, with at least one in every U.S. state and commonwealth. It also arrives in the middle of a tense government shutdown, which has left hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed, even more without a guaranteed payday.

The first 'No Kings' protests happened just six months into President Donald Trump's return to the White House.

On June 14, organizers said around 5 million Americans joined in demonstrations across the country. The protests coincided with the Army's 250th anniversary as well as Trump's 79th birthday.

The June protest became the larg

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