In San Francisco, protesters crowded Civic Center to call for Trump to get his “hands off” federal programs, including Social Security, Medicare and Veterans Affairs. In Oakland, demonstrators ...

On Saturday, thousands of East Bay residents gathered in Oakland, Berkeley and other cities to rally in the “Hands Off!” protests. More than 1,200 “Hands Off!” rallies were planned across ...

Thousands gather at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland for a protest against Elon Musk and Donald Trump on April 5, 2025. (Aryk Copley for KQED) “Hands off of all of it, hands off of our Medicaid, hands off ...

The Oakland rally was one of approximately 1,300 similar “Hands Off!” protests that took place across the country. I had not been to a demonstration in many years, and I found myself comparing ...

Nick joined Newsweek in 2021 from The Oakland Press ... contests and ongoing legal battles involving Trump. The "Hands Off" protests are being framed as a broad-based pushback against political ...

Following up on the nationwide "Hand's Off" movement on April 5, protesters across metro Detroit gathered to make their ...