National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., will now carry weapons for personal protection and are allowed to carry out law enforcement duties, defense officials said.

Nearly 2,000 National Guard troops have now been deployed to join President Donald Trump's crackdown on Washington, DC.

Trump deployed the National Guard in the city as part of his efforts to federalize Washington’s police operations.

P resident Donald Trump announced that he is "going out" with police and military in Washington, D.C. on Thursday to oversee the surge in federal law enforcement and National Guard who are responding to what he says is a crime emergency in the district.

Washington DC reports no homicides this past week as Trump's federal policing takeover includes National Guard, ICE, and FBI with 719 arrests made.

President Donald Trump threatened to send more troops to other cities that he claimed were being overrun with crime as he continues the deployments in Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump said he would seek $2 billion from Congress for beautifying and fighting crime in Washington, DC, the next step in his effort to exert greater authority over the nation’s capital.

President Trump on Friday said his administration will be launching a $2 billion project to renovate the streets of Washington, D.C.