Trump's plan to address crime in D.C. calls for deploying National Guard troops along the National Mall overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, according to a source.

Gov. McMaster says 200 National Guardsmen are being sent to Washington to assist law enforcement, but may return if South Carolina faces a disaster.

National Guard troops scaled up their presence in D.C. Thursday, with several stationed around the National Mall, at Union Station, on the subway, and other places.

The clearing of homeless encampments in the nation’s capital is unfolding under what President Donald Trump calls his Making D

When President Donald Trump declared a federal takeover of Washington, DC’s law enforcement this week, he framed it as an emergency order to crack down on crime and disorder. But threaded through his announcement was a broader vision for the aesthetic transformation of the US capital: He promised to “clean up” the city by removing homeless encampments and graffiti.

Small groups of federal agents gathered throughout Washington, DC, on Thursday night to clear out homeless encampments as part of President Donald Trump’s takeover of law enforcement in the nation’s capital.