Alejandro Alvarez

March around the VA building after the end of the vigil, stopping to face the White House. “ICE out now,” chants the crowd.

In front of the VA this evening. Candles, portraits of Pretti, red roses in the snow.

A lot of people gathered tonight outside the Department of Veterans Affairs in D.C. for a vigil memorializing Alex Pretti, who worked as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital.

Another march against ICE in D.C. tonight. Pictured: Moving through the 16th Street tunnel under Scott Circle, headed toward the White House on the first anniversary of Trump’s return to office.

From earlier: Anti-ICE protesters on the approach to the White House, marching over the former Black Lives Matter Plaza.

The White House tonight, where an extra row of barricades is separating the north fence from the rest of Lafayette Square.

Chants as the protest arrives: “ICE out now!”

Through the tunnel under Scott Circle, southbound toward the White House. Banner out in front: “ICE Out of DC.”

D.C. marching against ICE.

Protests mounting against ICE in various parts of D.C. tonight. In the middle of the U Street corridor, occupying the intersection with 14th Street: “Remember Renee Good,” one of the many signs here reads.

Dance parties among the crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue and in front of the Labor Department.

Pivoting back toward the stage, with the Capitol building behind it.

No Kings protest kicking off in Washington, D.C. Here’s the view down Pennsylvania Avenue from near the front. Street is totally packed for blocks.

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

Washington, D.C.’s No Kings protest is converging on a rallying point just west of the Capitol building. This was one of several locally-organized feeder marches just before merging with an even bigger crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue 👇

More scenes from the “Good Trouble” march, en route from DC’s Franklin Park to the African American history museum.

Hundreds turned out on a very muggy evening here in Washington to protest the Trump administration while honoring the legacy of the late John Lewis, who passed away five years ago to the day.

A growing crowd has gathered outside the State Department this evening to show support for employees affected by today’s mass layoffs. Hugs and applause greet departing staff as they leave the building for the final time.

Downtown Bethesda, Maryland, packed with people who’ve turned out to the #NoKings protest here — one of the nearest to DC.

Fences within fences within fences within fe—

National Mall. The fences are back. Lots of them.

From the highest vantage point I could find.

Enormous turnout for the flagship Hands Off rally in DC. Tons of people packing into the National Mall this afternoon against Trump and Musk.

One obvious sign there’s a big protest on the horizon: Reinforced fencing is going up around the White House again.

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White House vibes.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers —

“You are fighting for yourselves. You are fighting for the proposition that in America, we have an obligation to our children to help create the foundation stones, to help create the ladder of opportunity so that they can soar.”

Student activists with the Sunrise Movement, teachers, and union leaders rallied in support of public schools at the Department of Education tonight after this week’s mass layoffs.

A chant: “Fully fund our schools now!”

A sign: “Robbing our children to pay off billionaires.”

At BLM Plaza, now covered in piles of broken-up asphalt: “Trump can’t erase us.”

DC’s Black Lives Matter Plaza is being pulled apart. Crews started work to dismantle it today, almost five years after this space served as a rallying point for the Floyd protests.

i’m gonna redo this, that was honestly
poor wording. it’s being pulled apart. not sure what it’ll look like next but it’ll be radically altered.