National Guard Deployment to DC Will Last Through Trump’s Term
The deployment, which has drawn local opposition, comes as the White House says the joint task force has made 12,000 arrests since operations began.
- The Pentagon confirmed Thursday the National Guard deployment in Washington will continue through Jan. 20, 2029, extending President Donald Trump's mission until the end of his term.
- Trump issued an executive order in August 2025 declaring a crime emergency, deploying troops to the capital; the mission was previously set to expire at year's end.
- Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and city officials have opposed the deployment as unnecessary and costly, noting taxpayers pay more than a million dollars daily for the presence.
- On July 9, The Council sent letters to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Virgin Islands Gov. Albert Bryan requesting withdrawal of their National Guard soldiers from the city.
- Because Washington is a congressionally established federal district, Trump maintains direct control over the Guard, allowing him to sidestep legal challenges that halted similar deployments in California and Illinois.
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President Donald Trump’s administration will maintain the deployment of the U.S. National Guard in the nation’s capital, Washington D.C., until the end of its term of office in January 2029, according to Pentagon and Guard officials. Officials confirmed the plan this week to various national media. The plan was initially reported in March, but was confirmed again this week. The reserve corps will remain unless the Republican decides otherwise. C…
The National Guard’s deployment in DC will continue until 2029, Pentagon says
President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C. will continue through Jan. 20, 2029, “or until terminated by the President,” a Pentagon official confirmed to Straight Arrow in an email Friday. Trump first sent the National Guard to D.C. under an executive order in which he declared a “crime emergency” in the city. But the choice to extend the National Guard’s presence in D.C. three years in the future shows that t…
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