Trump deploys National Guard to D.C., takes control of police in crime crackdown
President Trump said that he is deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and that the federal government has taken control of the D.C. police.
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President Trump said that he is deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and that the federal government has taken control of the D.C. police.
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