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Live updates: D.C. schools start classes amid federal takeover; National Guard start carrying firearms
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.
Officials: National Guard patrolling DC to begin carrying weapons
STORY: Some National Guard troops patrolling the streets in Washington D.C. began carrying M17 pistols or M4 rifles on Sunday night, according to officials.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had authorized the troops to carry weapons last week.
Widening the federal role in security assistance in Democratic-run cities has sparked pushback from local officials who call ...
Northwest side residents called the plan a misuse of the military and a waste of money. Chicago officials described President ...
The Trump administration has been planning for weeks to send the National Guard to Chicago, two officials told CNN, as ...
The office of Mayor Brandon Johnson said it was working with Illinois' governor and Cook County, home to Chicago, in ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker worked Sunday preparing plans to counter plans detailed in media reports that the ...
The Trump administration has been working on plans to deploy thousands of National Guard members to Chicago to combat crime ...
National Guard troops and federal agents have a visible presence in Washington, D.C., and now President Trump has threatened to send them into Chicago.
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US official confirms Pentagon planning National Guard deployment in Chicago, Mayor Johnson responds
Mayor Brandon Johnson and other Illinois leaders spoke out Sunday as a U.S. official confirmed to ABC News the Pentagon is ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson spoke for the first time on the issue Sunday before attending an annual street festival in the city's ...
President Trump said he was considering sending troops to Chicago, New York and Baltimore. State and local leaders say they ...
"We should continue to support local law enforcement and not simply allow Donald Trump to play games with the lives of the ...
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