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Trump deploys National Guard to Washington DC and pledges crime crackdown
President Donald Trump has deployed the National Guard to Washington DC and taken control of the city's police force as he ...
US military preparing to surge National Guard troops to Washington DC to fight local crime and youth violence: report
Be prepared! There will be no “MR. NICE GUY.” We want our Capital BACK,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social Sunday.
‘Move Out, Immediately:' Trump's vision for ridding DC streets of homeless
Trump plans to seize control of Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department, sweep homeless people off the city’s streets, and end “crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse,” he said at an Aug.
Trump's Moves Toward Taking Over Washington Are Unprecedented. Here's What the Law Says
The Guard was called out again during Trump's first term on Jan. 6, 2021, when his supporters overran the Capitol. Trump’s ...
What Trump can — and can’t — do in his bid to take over law enforcement in DC
The capital is already subject to significant federal control — and Trump is invoking his emergency powers to solidify it.