Mississippi becomes fourth state to send National Guard troops to DC in expanding federal crackdown

A Night Out With DC’s Resistance - Washingtonian

On a recent Tuesday night, about half past 8 PM, I met 19-year-old Elli outside an event at a downtown Mormon church. I was joining the teenage worshipper, who uses they/them pronouns and declined to share their last name for this story, for their evening’s second act—which is slated to put far less emphasis on

Crime festers in Republican states while their troops patrol Washington - The Boston Globe

The image of red-state governors mustering uniformed troops for duty in blue-state cities has left many Americans with the foreboding sense of a nation dangerously divided, perhaps even drifting toward open conflict.

What the commander of the National Guard in DC wants the public to know

“We want to make sure that everyone around us, no matter how they feel about this or what they’re doing, they feel safe."

Hey Mr. President: What about rural crime in red states?

Nearly all the red states that sent troops to D.C. are flooded with guns — and have worse crime problems

Donald Trump gets poll boost after deploying National Guard

The president's approval rating has increased by five percentage points after he deployed federal troops to Washington D.C.

National Guard in DC now armed as crime crackdown intensifies under Trump's orders

The Guard members can carry their service-issue weapons, including M4 carbine rifles and M17 pistols, and are permitted to "use of force only as a last resort"