1 hour ago DC mayor dramatically changes tune on National Guard takeover as she calls for residents to fight back against 'authoritarian push'

Troops with the National Guard arrived into the capital late on Tuesday night in a bid by the White House to curb violent crime.

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3 h. ago Trump updates: National Guard patrol streets of Washington, DC amid president’s federal takeover

National Guard troops were spotted at armory and Washington Monument as first night of troop operations in Trump’s crime crackdown got underway

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3 h. ago Trump live updates: National Guard patrol streets of Washington, DC amid president’s federal takeover

National Guard troops were spotted at armory and Washington Monument as first night of troop operations in Trump’s crime crackdown got underway

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6 h. ago National guard begins deploying on DC streets after Trump police takeover

Officials say troops to start appearing in nation’s capital on Tuesday night as president’s move widely condemnedUS politics live – latest updatesThe Washington DC national guard will begin deploying on the city’s streets on Tuesday night, a day after Donald Trump ordered their arrival and took control of the city’s police force, calling Washington DC a “lawless” city, despite official crime statistics saying otherwise, a White House official confirmed.The national guard is expected to “begin being on the streets starting tonight”. Defense officials said a small number of the roughly 800 guard members planned for the mission had already been mobilized by Tuesday afternoon, with more expected to arrive in the coming days. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Trump’s military takeover of Washington DC is a sheer demonstration of power | Moira Dongan

No one believes that the deployment of troops to America’s most liberal, most racially diverse, and most culturally thriving cities is about solving a real problemPresident Trump imposed a military takeover of the nation’s capital on Monday, sending National Guard troops to Washington. He also seized control of the DC municipal police department, invoking an obscure section of the 1973 D.C. Home Rule Act which allows the president to take control of local law enforcement in the district for a period of one month in times of emergency.That there is no emergency is irrelevant: Trump has declared one in order to exercise powers that are only available to him in a state of exception, which is, of course, what the whole country increasingly finds itself to be experiencing as the president expands the powers of his office from those of a constitutional executive into something more like the power of authoritarian control.Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Trump live: Trump’s DC police takeover and National Guard deployment is ‘unsettling and unprecedented’, mayor says

The president spoke at a White House press conference on Monday and invoked section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, placing the DC Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control

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26 h. ago DC Mayor says Trump’s police takeover and National Guard deployment is ‘unsettling and unprecedented’: Updates

The president spoke at a White House press conference on Monday and invoked section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, placing the DC Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control

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27 h. ago DC Mayor says Trump’s police takeover and National Guard deployment is ‘unsettling and unprecedented’: Live

Speaking at a White House press conference Monday, the president invoked section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, placing the DC Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control

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35 h. ago DC Mayor says Trump’s police takeover and National Guard deployment is ‘unsettling and unprecedented’: Live updates

Speaking at a White House press conference Monday, the president invoked section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control

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