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Tourists greeted by National Guard patrolling DC landmarks on Thursday morning

Donald Trump’s show of force intended to eradicate street crime, which official statistics say is down to a 30-year low

The Independent UK

Donald Trump threatens to declare national emergency in DC to get his way if Congress doesn’t serve his will

Trump literally threatened to hold a city longer than he's legally supposed to.

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DC man arrested after he’s accused of throwing sandwich at federal officer and calling him a ‘fascist’

‘Why are you here? I don’t want you in my city!’ the man is accused of telling the officer

The Independent UK

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Photos of the National Guard and federal agents in Washington

After President Donald Trump's announcement that his administration would take over Washington’s police department for at least a month, hundreds of members of the National Guard began to arrive in the capital.

The Independent UK

With tariffs, a DC takeover, and Putin summit, Trump is now fully unleashed. And the world’s tolerance for pain put to the test

ANALYSIS: Wall Street, his own cabinet and numerous civic guardrails stopped Trump from indulging in his own impulses in the first term. Now, Eric Garcia writes, he feels he can do whatever he wants

The Independent UK

Trump can’t stop using false and misleading data to make his case for DC takeover

Data from the Metropolitan Police Department in DC shows violent crime rates have gone down signficantly since 2023

The Independent UK

Pentagon Draws Up Plans To Send Troops to American Cities

The Trump administration is considering plans for a "Reaction Force" of National Guard troops to deploy quickly to American cities with signs of civil unrest.

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Trump’s Washington DC takeover is straight out of a fascist playbook

About 800 national guard troops will be deployed in the nation’s capital because, according to the president: ‘Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs’

The Guardian - US

4 out of 5 US troops surveyed understand the duty to disobey illegal orders

With his Aug. 11, 2025, announcement that he was sending the National Guard – along with federal law enforcement – into Washington, D.C. to fight crime, President Donald Trump edged U.S. troops closer to the kind of military-civilian confrontations that can cross ethical and legal lines.

The Conversation

Mayor calls for DC to become 51st state after Trump’s National Guard crackdown

Muriel Bowser says president’s move to federalize city police force demonstrates why the District of Columbia needs statehood to secure its independence

The Independent UK

The nearly 150-year old law that Trump is testing with domestic troop deployment

President Donald Trump's recent actions have sparked debate over the Posse Comitatus Act, a law from 1878 that limits military involvement in domestic affairs

The Independent UK

Donald Trump’s police takeover of Washington, D.C. is an immediate and absolute failure as a man is shot dead

I'm sure everyone feels so safe.

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Pentagon Considering Creating National Guard Reaction Force To Shut Down Protests and Unrest Across U.S.

The Trump administration is planning to create a new reaction force that would have hundreds of National Guard troops ready to rapidly deploy to American cities across the country

Latin Times

Leaked Pentagon plan reveals 600 troops ready for a ‘domestic civil disturbance’

The one-hour deployment plan for U.S. cities.

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Illinois Governor Says Trump Is Following Nazi-Era Playbook After Threats of Occupying Chicago: 'Doesn't Follow the Law'

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker on Monday compared President Donald Trump's threat to deploy the National Guard to Chicago to tactics used by the Nazi Party in Germany during the 1930s

Al Jazeera

Trump deploys US National Guard to DC amid crime emergency claims

Federal law enforcement arrests 23 people in Washington overnight as part of Trump’s controversial crime crackdown.

The Independent UK

ABC anchor Kyra Phillips says she was jumped by half-dressed homeless man in DC

ABC News anchor Kyra Phillips recounted on air the “scary as h***” moment a homeless man jumped her in downtown Washington, DC.

The Independent UK

The Latest: National Guard troops arrive in Washington DC as Trump’s federal takeover begins

President Donald Trump took unprecedented steps toward federalizing Washington, D

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The Independent UK

NewsNation anchor flips out when Trump critic Mehdi Hasan invokes Jan. 6 and cuts off interview

‘You cannot talk about this,’ NewsNation host Leland Vittert grumbled shortly before prematurely ending his interview with Mehdi Hasan.

The Independent UK

Trump team looking to create squad of 600 soldiers ready to deploy at a moments notice to quash civil unrest

Troops would be equipped with weapons and riot gear, ready to deploy within an hour under the reported plans

The Independent UK

Trump says crime in Washington DC is ‘out of control’. The stats suggest otherwise

President insists capital in need of ‘liberation’ from ‘violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people’ but data says no such problem exists

The Independent UK

Trump’s federal forces are ‘hitting the streets’ of DC while critics claim takeover is attempted distraction from the ‘Epstein files’

‘He needs to get his base talking and thinking about something besides his refusal to open up the Epstein files because he's mixed up in them,’ former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said.

Al Jazeera

Why is Trump sending US National Guard to Washington, DC?

President is deploying National Guard in response to what he calls a crime emergency, with 800 troops to be sent to DC.

The Independent UK

Trump wants to mobilize troops in DC – it went horribly for him in Los Angeles

NEWS ANALYSIS: Eric Garcia breaks down how Trump’s approval numbers cratered after he dispatched troops to Los Angeles. He may see something similar as he turns Washington, D.C. into a war zone

Reason

Lower Crime Hasn't Stopped Gun Control Push

Plus: The National Guard deployed to D.C., the Trump-Putin meeting on Ukraine, Texas Democrats flee the state, and a listener question on free speech in the U.K.

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