National Guard in D.C. may be ordered to carry guns
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Fear in the streets. Buildings burning. Law enforcement struggling to tamp down violence and bring chaos under control.
Trump's plan to address crime in D.C. calls for deploying National Guard troops along the National Mall overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, according to a source.
Dressed in camouflage fatigues, National Guard troops patrolled areas of Washington Thursday, dispatched by President Donald Trump to police what he has called "out of control crime" in the city.
Federal agents who typically investigate drug lords, weapons traffickers, or cyber criminals have fanned out across the nation’s capital. Here's what they're doing in D.C.
National Guard troops called on to active-duty by President Donald Trump arrived on the footsteps of the Washington Monument on Tuesday.