At parks, coffee shops, churches and government buildings around the country, hundreds of groups are gathering today with a simple message: “Stop the Trump takeover.”

The protest comes as West Virginia, South Carolina, and Ohio announced they would deploy hundreds of additional National Guard troops to the nation's capital.

"I would not use the word slept. I think I laid there for the night," Wu added of his night on the floor. "I'm not sure how much sleep I actually got." Wu told Chron he helped Collier through the night with setting up tech for early morning interviews , a task usually handled by her team.

The protesters set up tents in a “liberated zone” on the Redmond campus and toted signs that urged co-workers to “Join the worker intifada: no labor for genocide.”

Rep. Wesley Bell's town hall in St. Louis, Missouri, was repeatedly interrupted by protesters attacking him for his stance on Israel. (Credit: Office of Congressman Wesley Bell)

A Des Moines man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a woman at a political protest earlier this month and destroying protesters’ signs. Bradley Nall,

A Des Moines man is facing charges after investigators say he damaged signs and assaulted a woman during a protest earlier this month.

The Green Party said one of its councillors arrested at a protest would not be expelled from the party. Amanda Fox, who represents Mancroft ward on Norwich City Council, was one of 13 people arrested during a demonstration in support of the banned group Palestine Action in the city on Saturday.