By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Hundreds of additional National Guard troops are headed to Washington, D.C., from half a dozen Republican-led states, bolstering President Donald Trump's extraordinary move to flood the Democratic-led city with soldiers and federal agents in what he claims is an effort to fight violent crime.

Trump's Texas fight is aimed at giving the GOP an advantage in 2026 and a lame-duck president more power while in office. Democrats have other plans.

Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., discusses President Donald Trump's plans to help patrol the capital and more on 'America Reports.'

There’s a new congressional district map for Missouri circulating that was produced in Washington, D.C. But a top Republican said Wednesday that she’s been unable to get a look at it. Jennifer Bukowsky of Columbia,

The president describes cities as “blood-soaked” and “cesspools.” His military incursions into D.C. and L.A. culminate growing anti-urban sentiment on the right.

The Republican-controlled Texas House has passed new congressional maps that aim to pad the party’s majority in Washington by as much as five seats in the midterm elections as battles over redistricting spread across the country.

Washington does have a say in the choice of president. The 23rd Amendment, ratified in 1961, gives it the same number of electoral votes—three—as the least-populous state. If Washington cast those votes for Mr Trump, he would no doubt be championing its long-cherished dream of statehood.

The GOP push to redraw the state’s congressional maps isn’t just a partisan move but one that deeply affects how Texans are represented in Congress.

The Republican-controlled Texas Legislature is poised to vote soon on a redistricting plan that resulted from prodding by President Donald Trump

A former NYPD detective said the way in which DC police are handling the investigation into the death of a congressional intern is "unusual."