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President Donald Trump deployed 800 National Guard troops to the nation's capital as part of a crime crackdown in the city.
Trump's plan to address crime in D.C. calls for deploying National Guard troops along the National Mall overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, according to a source.
Trump's federal takeover of D.C. police sparks political controversy as Democrats call it overreach while White House defends crime reduction efforts.
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Trump’s aggressive push to take over DC policing may be a template for an approach in other cities
The left sees President Donald Trump’s attempted takeover of law enforcement in Washington as part of multifront march to autocracy.
Outside the busiest train station in Washington, newly deployed National Guard troops wearing camouflage lean on a huge military Humvee.
D.C. National Guard soldiers temporarily detained a man on Friday who the authorities say assaulted a U.S. Park Police officer on the National Mall. It was the first such action by the Guard since President Trump ordered 800 Guard troops to the streets of the capital this week to help fight crime.
The showdown in Washington is the latest attempt by Trump to test the boundaries of his legal authority to carry out his tough-on-crime agenda, relying on obscure statutes and a supposed state of emergency to speed up the mass deportation of people in the United States illegally.