Protests and events against US President Donald Trump’s controversial policies that include mass deportations and cuts to Medicaid for poor people were set to kick off on Thursday at more than 1600 locations around the country. The ‘Good Trouble Lives On’ national day of action honours late congressman and rights leader John Lewis. Protests are expected along streets, at court houses and other public spaces, especially in  Atlanta, and St Louis and Oakland in California, and Annapolis (Maryland).

(From left) FIFA President Gianni Infantino hands a Club World Cup winners’ medal to US President Donald Trump, which the latter is accused of ‘pocketing sneakily’. PIC/GETTY IMAGES

Pushback against Trump has centred on deportations and immigration enforcement tactics. Recently, protesters engaged in a tense standoff as federal authorities conducted mass arrests at two Southern California marijuana farms. One farmworker died after falling from a roof during a chaotic raid. The raids followed Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles.