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As Guard deploys, Trump to seek 'long-term' federal control of DC police

P resident Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he will seek more permanent federal control of the Washington, D.C., police ...

400 National Guard members descend upon DC; expanded crime crackdown expected Wednesday night

A National Guard deployment reacheed 400 members in Washington as a federal operation began targeting crime and homelessness ...

National Guard in DC could carry weapons and detain people, Army says

National Guard troops pulled up in front of the Washington Monument on Aug. 12. They weren't armed then, but they could be soon, Army officials said.

Trump’s takeover of Washington law enforcement begins as National Guard troops arrive

Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by the Trump administration to assist with law enforcement have begun ...

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser backtracks on support for Trump’s National Guard deployment, labels it an ‘authoritarian push’

The Democratic mayor reversed her tone towards Trump’s mobilization of the National Guard to combat crime in her city.
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Phil Scott rejects Trump administration request to use Vermont national guard in president’s DC crackdown

It’s the second federal request for Vermont’s guard troops the Republican governor has rebuked in recent weeks.

DC residents and tourists to wake up to more troops deployed along the National Mall

Trump's plan to address crime in D.C. calls for deploying National Guard troops along the National Mall overnight Wednesday ...

National Guard troops patrol D.C. streets, sweep homeless camps

Dressed in camouflage fatigues, National Guard troops patrolled areas of Washington Thursday, dispatched by President Donald Trump to police what he has called "out of control crime" in the city.