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Democrats fret about which city may be next as National Guard gathers in US capital
By Andrew Goudsward and Julia Harte WASHINGTON -A steady stream of uniformed soldiers arrived at the National Guard headquarters in Washington on Tuesday morning, a day after President Donald Trump took the extraordinary step of deploying a force of 800 troops to fight crime in the nation's capital.
The nation's capital finds itself at the center of a Trump maelstrom as National Guard troops arrive
Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by President Donald Trump have begun arriving in the nation’s capital, ramping up after the White House ordered federal forces to take over the city’s p
D.C. speaks out on Trump’s National Guard deployment
Washington, D.C. residents and workers are starting to see the impact of President Donald Trump’s decision to place the D.C. police under direct federal control and deploy the National Guard to the streets to fight crime.
The Latest: National Guard Troops Arrive in Washington DC as Trump’s Federal Takeover Begins
He took command of the police department and deployed the National Guard under laws and Constitutional powers that give the federal government more sway over the nation’s capital than other cities. Its historically majority Black population wasn’t electing its own city council and mayor until 1973,
Trump orders National Guard into Washington and takes over DC police
President Donald Trump said the federal government will take control of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department.
Trump is sending National Guard troops to D.C. Here’s how home rule works.
As he deploys the National Guard and takes over the police force, how much power does President Donald Trump have over D.C. and what does the Home Rule Act say?
Democrats Respond as Trump Targets Other Cities After D.C.
The President singled out several other cities as potentially next for federal intervention to crack down on crime.
Indiana Democratic lawmakers will meet with Texas Democrats in Chicago
Democratic state lawmakers in Texas have left the state to avoid a vote on redistricting despite Republican pressure.
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