Protests are underway in Jacksonville and across the United States as part of the "No Kings" nationwide day of defiance. Watch live coverage here.

The “No Kings” protests are a national movement opposing what organizers call increasing authoritarianism and political overreach.

WFAA has crews scattered around North Texas covering the "No Kings" protests, as well as live looks at other rallies across the country.

I, uh, I am married. I am legally married. I am legally married. That’s about the only way you can really say it,” Mundel muttered

Los Angeles and cities around the nation were bracing for 'No Kings' protests ahead of Trump's military parade as an appeals court ruling kept the National Guard under the president's control for now.

The "No Kings" protests were scheduled in Connecticut as early as 9:30 a.m. in Canton and Glastonbury and could last elsewhere until 6 p.m.

Miles to the west in Akron, the "No Kings" rally scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. started early at Main and Market streets as a growing number of protesters arrived before 12:30 p.m.

Protesters held signs that read, “No kings since 1776,” “Bad Things Happen When Good People Do Nothing,” “Stop the Parade Fund Medicaid,” “When cruelty becomes normal compassion looks radical” and “Make Orwell Fiction Again.”