Washington Grapples with Its National Guard Deployment

“It’s been 12 months since President Donald Trump announced a crime emergency in Washington, pledging to make the city ‘safe and beautiful’ and deploying the National Guard,” the Associated Press reports.

“But a mission that seemed temporary has been extended through January 2029. Residents and a new cadre of local officials see in it an unacceptable attempt by the federal government to restrict the heavily Democratic city’s autonomy and, a year in, still question why having troops on the streets of the nation’s capital is necessary.”