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Six states send National Guard troops to Washington as Trump deploys soldiers to combat crime, and federalizes Metropolitan Police Department.
As Vice President JD Vance staged a lunch to thank the National Guard members that President Donald Trump has deployed to Washington, DC, he was frequently drowned out by protesters.
The military vehicle, which is designed to withstand explosive attacks, collided with a "civilian vehicle" just after 6 a.m. on Wednesday in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Nearly 2,000 National Guard personnel are being deployed across the District, under the federal crime-fighting initiative of the Trump administration, which includes oversight of the D.C. police department. Units from six Republican-led states are being ...
The crash happened on 8th Street and North Carolina Avenue Southeast around 6 a.m. Wednesday. One person was trapped in the car, and DC Fire had to extract them. Spokesperson Vito Maggiolo confirmed that one of the vehicles involved is a military vehicle.
The protesters jeered Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller as they visited Union Station, blocks from the U.S. Capitol, to thank the troops at a Shake Shack where they bought lunch for the guard members.