Protesters marched to the White House on Saturday as D.C. Metropolitan Police officers and National Park Service police looked on from a distance.

President Donald Trump deployed 800 National Guard troops to the nation's capital as part of a crime crackdown in the city.

White House official says to expect "significantly higher National Guard presence” in Washington, D.C. Wednesday evening.

National Guard presence in D.C. is set to increase in the coming days after the governors of some Republican states deployed troops to the capital.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump deployed 800 National Guard troops to the streets of Washington, DC, a rare flex of his presidential authority over the military while a court mulls the legality of his prior order sending troops to Los Angeles.

Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up to protest the increased police presence after the White House said the number of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital would ramp up and federal officers would be on the streets around the clock.