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Donald Trump to keep National Guard in Washington DC for weeks

National Guard members deployed to D.C. to combat "lawlessness" will remain until late September, according to a leaked memo.

Reuters on MSN · 6h

Trump takes over DC police in extraordinary move, deploys National Guard in capital

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city's police department, an extraordinary assertion of presidential power in the nation's capital.

Yahoo · 5h

Trump sends National Guard to purge Washington DC of ‘wild youths and maniacs’

Donald Trump has deployed the National Guard to Washington DC as part of a crime purge that will also banish homeless people from the capital.

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Fact check: Violent crime in DC has fallen in 2024 and 2025 after a 2023 spike

President Donald Trump, justifying his temporary federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital, claimed at a press ...

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What is the Home Rule Act? Trump just invoked it to ‘rescue’ Washington, DC

I’m announcing a historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse,” Trump ...

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Is crime in Washington DC 'out of control', as Trump claims?

But according to crime figures published by Washington DC's Metropolitan Police (MPDC), violent offences fell after peaking in 2023 and in 2024 hit their lowest level in 30 years. They are continuing ...

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Trump demands homeless leave Washington DC ‘immediately’ ahead of street crime press conference: Live

President Donald Trump has announced that he will be holding a press conference at 10am ET (3pm GMT) on Monday morning to address what he says is the “out of control” state of violent crime in ...

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