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No king's protests are set to take place across the country today.
As Bruce Kahnweiser reports,
it's being billed as a day of defiance against President Trump's push to expand presidential power.
The president's critics will make their voices heard across the country today.
Organizers expect millions to turn out at some 2,000 rallies across all 50 states.
At least 40 rallies are expected across New Jersey and 90 more across New York.
Critics say Trump is usurping his presidential authority, behaving more like a monarch.
Trump created the DOJ agency that has gutted USAID,
slashed experts from the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control.
He's also tried to claw back funding for agencies and institutions that was already approved by the administration of former President Joe Biden in conjunction with the Republican Congress.
He's waged political warfare against immigrants and he sought to eviscerate Harvard's academic independence.
For NPR News, I'm Bruce Kahnfiser in Greenbrook, New Jersey.
Last night in Washington,