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Live updates: Trump targets cashless bail across the nation; National Guard carrying firearms in D.C.
On Friday, Trump talked about his controversial deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and said Chicago and New York City would be next. He has described the deployment in the nation’s capital as a bid to clean up crime, but critics dismiss the move as little more than political overreach.
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National Guard troops in DC are now armed, defense official says
As of Sunday night, National Guard troops operating in Washington, D.C., are now armed, according to a defense official. This will apply to the more than 2,200 guardsmen from D.C. and other states that are now serving in the mission in D.C.
Some National Guard units in Washington now carrying firearms in escalation of Trump deployment
Some National Guard units patrolling the nation’s capital at the direction of President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms, an escalation of his military deployment that makes good on a directive issued late last week by his defense secretary.
The president is threatening to widen his military deployments to more U.S. cities in the coming weeks, including New York as ...
President Trump said he was considering sending troops to Chicago, New York and Baltimore. State and local leaders say they ...
While National Guard members from three states head to Washington, D.C. to patrol the capital under the command of President ...
President Donald Trump said Chicago is his next likely target to crack down on urban crime. Military planning has been ...
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