Vance visits National Guard troops in D.C
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The National Guard has been deployed many times historically. Experts say the president's decision to deploy the Guard as a blanket response to crime in D.C. is a departure from its intended mission.
The 135 Louisiana National Guard troops sent to join President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime and homelessness in Washington D.C. had arrived Wednesday to help local law enforcement — and they will stay there “as long as the President needs them,” Gov. Jeff Landry said Wednesday.
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The military vehicle, which is designed to withstand explosive attacks, collided with a "civilian vehicle" just after 6 a.m. on Wednesday in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON – A slight majority of voters – 51% – oppose the Trump administration taking over the DC, police force and deploying the National Guard in the nation’s capital, according to new data released Aug. 20 from a progressive polling firm.
Tennessee has sent 160 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., as President Donald Trump and the White House continue to push their crime fighting directive.
In New Mexico’s most populous city, National Guard troops are listening to the police dispatch calls, monitoring traffic cameras and helping to secure crime scene perimeters, tasks not usually part of the job.
Bringing prominent White House support to the streets of Washington, Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday visited with National Guard troops at the city’s main train station as protesters chanted “free D.