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Trump admin live updates: National Guard troops arriving in DC

National Guard troops are arriving in Washington after President Donald Trump announced on Monday that 800 National Guard ...

National Guard troops arrive in Washington DC on Trump's orders

Trump says he is taking also control of the city's police force as he pledges to crack down on crime and homelessness.

A ‘splashy, media-worthy, performative political gesture’: McCabe on Trump DC takeover

The former deputy director of the FBI says declaring a crime emergency in Washington is “essentially fictitious.” ...

'Get lost!': Dems, media rage over Trump's DC crime crackdown

Outnumbered' reacts to President Donald Trump deploying the National Guard to crack down on crime in Washington, D.C. as ...

President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about DC echoes a history of racist narratives about urban crime

President Donald Trump has taken control of the District of Columbia’s law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to ...

‘Move Out, Immediately:' Trump's vision for ridding DC streets of homeless

“We’re going to be removing homeless encampments from beautiful parks, which now, a lot of people can’t walk on,” Trump told ...

Fact checking Trump's Washington DC crime claim and assessing small boat crossings

While we wait for those figures, you can read our overnight fact-check on President Trump’s claim that crime in Washington DC ...

Trump’s DC police takeover was fueled by attack on former DOGE staffer and his own observations of homelessness, allies say

Trump has long focused on crime and cleanliness in DC and other cities, sparring periodically with Democratic mayors during ...

Trump's DC takeover

Trump painted a portrait of a city overrun by criminals: Mayor Muriel Bowser disputed Trump’s justification for declaring a ...