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GOP States Send Hundreds of National Guard Troops

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Three GOP-led states to send hundreds of National Guard troops to DC as White House escalates police takeover
The Republican governors of West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio announced Saturday they will send National Guard troops to Washington, DC, in an escalation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to federally take over law enforcement in the city.

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Hundreds more National Guard troops expected to arrive in DC
Here are the states sending National Guard troops to DC
Trump wants DC to charge 14-year-olds as adults. Here’s where the district’s laws stand
As hundreds of federal law enforcement officers and National Guard troops descend on Washington as part of President Donald Trump’s public display of force against crime in the nation’s capital, the p...

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In Battle Over D.C. Police, Federal Prosecutors Open Inquiry Into Crime Data
Almost 70 people arrested in Washington, DC overnight: US Attorney General
Trump says Washington restaurants are busier than ever. This data says otherwise
Mr Trump, who deployed the National Guard to Washington and took federal control of its police force last week, insisted on Monday that restaurants were “busier than they’ve been” in a long time.

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National Guard troops in DC to more than double under Trump's federal takeover
Mississippi and Louisiana Will Send National Guard Troops to D.C.
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Guard assisting law enforcement in making DC safe

On Aug. 11, President Donald J. Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation's capital and vowed to make streets there safe again.

Despite Trump’s tough tone now, things were much worse in Washington when the National Guard was rolled out in 1968

Fear in the streets. Buildings burning. Law enforcement struggling to tamp down violence and bring chaos under control.
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