National guard arrives in DC as mayors warn of Trump power grab
The US president deployed troops after taking control of DC police, sparking fears of similar moves elsewhereUS politics live – latest updatesNational guard troops began to arrive at their headquarters in Washington DC on Tuesday as Democratic mayors warned Donald Trump against expanding his law...
<p>The US president deployed troops after taking control of DC police, sparking fears of similar moves elsewhere</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/aug/12/donald-trump-washington-dc-national-guard-unsettling-mayor-us-politics-latest-updates-news">US politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>National guard troops began to arrive at their headquarters in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/washington-dc">Washington DC</a> on Tuesday as Democratic mayors warned <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> against expanding his law and order power grab in other major cities.</p><p>The US president <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/11/trump-washington-dc-crime">announced on Monday</a> that he was sending the national guard into the nation’s capital and putting city police under federal control, even though the violent crime rate is <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/violent-crime-dc-hits-30-year-low#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20%2D%20Total%20violent%20crime%20for,Graves.">at a 30-year low</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/12/mayor-national-guard-washington-dc">Continue reading...</a>
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