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Some National Guard troops in Washington set to carry firearms

The National Guard presence in D.C. is set to increase in the coming days after the governors of some Republican states ...

More National Guard Soldiers Head to D.C. and Prepare to Carry Weapons

The shift comes after defense officials said the soldiers deployed to the capital wouldn’t be armed.

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.

Pence Welcomes Trump’s D.C. Deployment of National Guard

Former Vice President Mike Pence said he wished President Trump “would have done more” on Jan. 6, but supported the recent ...

Sen. Van Hollen says an armed National Guard in DC would be ‘troubling’

ABC News’ Martha Raddatz interviews Sen. Chris Van Hollen on “This Week" over President Trump deploying the National Guard to ...

National Guard troops patrol D.C. streets, sweep homeless camps

Dressed in camouflage fatigues, National Guard troops patrolled areas of Washington Thursday, dispatched by President Donald ...