Trump says he will seek 'long-term extension' of Washington police takeover
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The president would need support from some Democrats to extend the takeover past 30 days.
Highlights from Aug. 13, 2025
- TRUMP D.C. CRACKDOWN: President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would ask Congress for an extension of the federalization of D.C.'s police. The move is unlikely to pass as it would require Democratic support.
- NATIONAL GUARD: Trump's comments come after National Guard troops began deploying in Washington, D.C., yesterday, with some joining city police last night. The full contingent of 800 troops is expected to be operational by the end of the week.
- TRUMP-PUTIN SUMMIT: Trump joined a video call with European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this morning to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. Trump will hold a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a U.S. military base in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
- KENNEDY CENTER HONOREES: Trump visited the Kennedy Center today to announce this year's honorees and said he would host the ceremony. The president has taken an active role in the cultural institution this year, appointing himself as chairman and boosting a GOP push to rename the center after the first lady.
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Federal agents in Trump’s crime crackdown set up checkpoint in popular D.C. nightlife area
Steps away from a YMCA, popular bakery and local pharmacy, a group of law enforcement officers across several agencies turned a busy intersection in a mixed residential-commercial area of Washington, D.C., into a police checkpoint tonight as part of Trump’s directive to crack down on crime in the nation’s capital.
Uniformed officers with the Metropolitan Police Department stood alongside Homeland Security Investigations personnel and several plainclothes agents at one of the first checkpoints set up since Trump temporarily put D.C. police under federal control and deployed the National Guard.
More than 100 protesters soon gathered, heckling law enforcement as they stopped cars approaching the checkpoint and in some cases flagged the vehicles for additional investigation. Some protesters began warning drivers to avoid the checkpoint.
Protesters, federal agents and local officers all dispersed without incident.
Illinois judge denies Texas attorney general's request to help arrest Texas Democrats who fled to Illinois
An Illinois judge turned down a request from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to help arrest Texas Democrats who left the state earlier this month to block Republicans from redrawing congressional lines.
The order, posted on a docket for the case in the Eighth Judicial Circuit of Illinois, said that the court lacks the authority to rule on the case which centers on allegations that the lawmakers fled to Illinois to break quorum and dodge arrest.
"As the Petitioner has failed to present a legal basis for the court to obtain subject matter jurisdiction over this cause of action, this court is without jurisdiction to grant petitioner’s emergency motion to rule on pleadings," the order states.
"This court does not find that it has subject matter jurisdiction, this court does not consider the issues of personal jurisdiction, venue or the merits of the underlying petition for rule to show cause or the request to issue a rule to show cause upon the respondents," it adds.
The lawsuit was filed in Adams County, where Trump won more than 72% of the vote in the 2024 presidential election, and asked the court to "effectuate" civil arrest warrants that were issued in Texas on Aug. 4, "just as if they were acts of the State of Illinois. To wit, the Court should treat the Quorum Warrants as its own civil order."
Paxton's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment tonight.
The state’s first special legislative session is expected to end Friday before another session is immediately launched.
Failed New Mexico candidate gets 80 years in prison for shootings at officials’ homes
A failed political candidate was sentenced to 80 years in federal prison today for his convictions in a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of state and local lawmakers in Albuquerque in the aftermath of the 2020 election.
A jury convicted former Republican candidate Solomon Peña earlier this year of conspiracy, weapons and other charges in the shootings in December 2022 and January 2023 on the homes of four Democratic officials, including the current state House speaker.
Prosecutors, who had sought a 90-year sentence, said Peña has shown no remorse and had hoped to cause political change by terrorizing people who held contrary views to him into being too afraid to take part in political life.
Trump orders easing of commercial spaceflight regulations, in boon to Musk’s SpaceX
Trump signed an executive order today to streamline federal regulation governing commercial rocket launches, a move that would benefit Elon Musk’s SpaceX and other private space ventures.
Trump’s order, among other things, directs the U.S. transportation secretary to eliminate or expedite environmental reviews for launch licenses administered by the Federal Aviation Administration, the White House said in a statement.
The declaration also calls on the secretary to do away with “outdated, redundant or overly restrictive rules for launch and reentry vehicles.”
“Inefficient permitting processes discourage investment and innovation, limiting the ability of U.S. companies to lead in global space markets,” the executive order states.
Trump Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee was bystander outside Capitol on Jan. 6, White House says
Trump’s pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics was among the crowd outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with the White House saying he was a “bystander” who wandered over after seeing coverage on the news.
E.J. Antoni, an economist from the Heritage Foundation nominated by Trump this week after the president fired the previous BLS head, appears in numerous videos posted on social media of the crowd on the Capitol grounds.
The footage shows Antoni on the grounds approximately an hour after the mob removed police barricades. The footage appears to show him leaving the grounds as people entered the Capitol and not entering the building.
Trump told Zelenskyy and allies he won’t discuss territory divisions with Putin this week, sources say
Trump told European leaders during a call today that he does not intend to discuss any possible divisions of territory when he meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska this week, according to two European officials and three other people briefed on the call.
Trump said on the call, which also included Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, that he is going into the meeting with Putin with the goal of securing a ceasefire in Ukraine, those sources said.
Trump and European leaders agreed that a ceasefire in Ukraine has to be implemented before peace negotiations can begin, the European officials and two other people briefed on the call said. Some of the European leaders were left with the impression from the call that Trump is not optimistic about the results of his meeting with Putin, they added.
Man charged with felony assault after allegedly throwing sandwich at CBP officer
A man who can be seen in a now-viral video throwing a sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent on the streets of Washington, D.C., on Sunday, has been charged with felony assault of a federal officer.
Sean Charles Dunn stood within inches of a CBP agent, yelling, “F--- you! You f-----g fascists! Why are you here? I don’t want you in my city," according to a criminal complaint.
Minutes after shouting the obscenities, Dunn allegedly hurled the sandwich, striking Lairmore in the chest.
Dunn allegedly tried to flee on foot, but was apprehended. During processing with the Metropolitan Police Department, Dunn told an officer, “I did it. I threw a sandwich.”
U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro said in a video statement posted on X that her office was prepared to back law enforcement.
"He thought it was funny. Well, he doesn't think it's funny today, because we charged him with a felony: assault on a police officer. And we're going to back the police to the hilt. So there, stick your Subway sandwich somewhere else," Pirro said.
Dunn faces up to a year in prison.
Trump administration can withhold billions in foreign aid, D.C. appeals court rules
A panel of the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today partially vacated a lower court’s ruling that directed the Trump administration to continue spending billions of dollars in foreign assistance funding appropriated by Congress.
Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, an appointee of former President George H.W. Bush, wrote in a 2-1 majority opinion that the nonprofit groups and aid organizations challenging the frozen funding lacked cause in bringing their impoundment claims.
“The district court erred in granting that relief because the grantees lack a cause of action to press their claims,” Henderson wrote.
Henderson and Judge Gregory Katsas, an appointee of President Donald Trump, found that only the U.S. Comptroller General, who leads the Government Accountability Office "may step in" to sue, serving "as an enforcer of the statutory scheme, which controls any efforts by the President to impound appropriated funds."
The amounts at issue include almost $4 billion for the U.S. Agency for International Development to spend on global health activities through Sept. 30, 2025, and over $6 billion dollars for HIV/AIDS programs to be spent until Sept. 30, 2028.
Judge Florence Pan, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, wrote in a dissenting opinion that called the court's finding "as startling as it is erroneous."
“The majority holds that when the President refuses to spend funds appropriated by Congress based on policy disagreements, that is merely a statutory violation and raises no constitutional alarm bells," Pan wrote.
"But the factual scenario presented plainly implicates the structure of our government and the roles played by its coordinate branch," she added.
Lauren Bateman, an attorney with Public Citizen Litigation Group and lead counsel on this case said in a statement to NBC News that the decision marked "a significant setback for the rule of law and risks further erosion of basic separation of powers principles."
“We will seek further review from the court, and our lawsuit will continue regardless as we seek permanent relief from the Administration’s unlawful termination of the vast majority of foreign assistance," Bateman said.
Treasury secretary pushes for congressional stock trading ban
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said in a post on X that he is pushing for a ban on stock trading by members of Congress.
"I am pushing for a ban on single-stock trading in Congress," Bessent wrote.
He attached a short clip of himself in a news interview saying that stock trading by members of Congress affects the "credibility of the House and the Senate."
"People shouldn't come to Washington to be rich," he added in the clip. "They should come to serve the American people."
Treasury Department temporarily lifts narrow set of Russia sanctions ahead of Trump's Alaska summit with Putin
The U.S. Treasury is temporarily lifting a very narrow set of sanctions on Russia in order to allow it to make financial transactions that are necessary for President Putin’s visit to Alaska in the coming days for his summit with President Trump.
This temporary license does not allow the release of any property blocked by sanctions in place related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or any other transactions other than those necessary to facilitate or support the summit.
This limited and temporary suspension will last until Aug. 20.
Democrats who fled Texas to block the GOP’s redistricting plan weigh their exit strategy
With Texas expected to end its first special legislative session Friday and immediately begin a new one, the dozens of Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block Republicans’ redistricting proposal are hammering out a plan for their return home.
Texas Democrats met late into the night last night and then again today, including breaking into smaller groups, to discuss their next steps and what their ultimate exit strategy looked like after spending the last 10 days out of the state, according to four sources close to the discussions.
Virginia police union backs former Democratic Rep. Spanberger for governor
The Virginia Police Benevolent Association announced today it is endorsing former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, for governor this year over Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears.
The group also backed Republican candidates for the other statewide positions, according to The Washington Post. A union spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“Abigail Spanberger grew up in a law enforcement family and is a former federal law enforcement officer herself, so she understands the responsibility of putting on the badge," the group's president, Joe Woloszyn, said in a statement in a news release from Spanberger's campaign. "As a Member of Congress, she repeatedly voted to increase funding for local police departments and sheriff’s offices — and she was relentless in pushing her bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act across the finish line to secure the earned benefits of thousands of Virginia’s retired police officers."
Spanberger, a former CIA and U.S. Postal Inspection Service officer, said in a statement, "As Governor, I will always make sure our brave men and women in blue have the tools, resources, and training they need to do their jobs and keep us safe."
While the group backed Spanberger for governor, it split its endorsement with Republicans, backing Republicans John Reid for lieutenant governor and Jason S. Miyares for state attorney general. The Spanberger campaign's statement notes that this is the first time since 2009 that the union has backed a Democrat for governor.
D.C. area residents react to Trump's troop deployment and takeover of police
Washington-area residents had mixed reactions to Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard and take over the city's police.
Leon Fisher, 52, said he believes youths in the city should be held accountable for crimes they commit, as he did when he served 20 years in prison when he was young.
"I’ve been to jail. I did wrong," Fisher said. "I can’t hold my mother accountable for my wrong."
Fisher said he believed Trump is trying to bully D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser because "he couldn’t do it" in California, referring to Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles, which is being challenged in federal court.
D.C. resident Morgan Komlo said she worried "that lines will be crossed" with the National Guard. She said that she lives in an area with high crime, but noted that the situation has become "extremely better" over the past several years with the winding down of the pandemic.
Christopher Her, a suburban Maryland resident who drove a taxicab in D.C. in his youth, said he was "completely in favor" of the National Guard's presence.
"If the local authorities aren’t going to take responsibility for keeping people safe, if the federal government can step in and help, and nothing permanent, but help for the time being, I’m all in favor of it," he said.
Vance assured Zelenskyy and European leaders the U.S. would not negotiate an end to the war without them
Vice President JD Vance assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European allies during today's call that the U.S. would not negotiate with Russia about a solution to the war in Ukraine without Ukraine or Europe, according to two German government officials involved in the call who asked for anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomatic matters.
Trump, Vance and other members of the administration on the call showed high interest in what Ukraine and European allies consider the crucial points in the diplomatic negotiations, the two officials said.
Judge says he’s skeptical of a Trump lawsuit against every federal judge in Maryland
BALTIMORE — A judge expressed some skepticism today about an unprecedented lawsuit in which the Trump administration sued all 15 Maryland-based federal judges over a standing order related to deportation cases.
The lawsuit is the latest escalation of the Trump administration’s war on the judiciary, which has been marked by criticism of judges who have ruled against the government over President Donald Trump’s bold and aggressive use of executive power.
ICE is conducting immigration enforcement operations with police and other federal agencies in D.C.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using its agents in two different ways around D.C.
The agency's two law enforcement entities are Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), which does long-term investigations into transnational crimes, and Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO), which does what we think of as bread-and-butter ICE operations like arresting immigrants for immigration crimes and detaining and deporting them.
NBC News has learned that more than 40 agents from HSI are working with the D.C. police, the Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal agencies this week as part of Trump’s takeover of D.C. to mitigate crime in the city. They can make arrests of citizens with no nexus to immigration violations.
Yesterday, HSI worked with other agencies in an operation near the D.C. Metro in Union Station; its agents told NBC News that they were not there for anything immigration related, but were surveying busy areas around D.C.
Separately, ERO is increasing its operations in D.C. NBC has learned that there was a “targeted enforcement operation” to arrest immigrants in a Home Depot parking lot in D.C. yesterday, and there have been reports of other immigrant arrests in the D.C. area.
“The President was clear, he will make DC safe and beautiful again, and ICE is proud to be a part of the solution alongside our federal law enforcement partners," an agency spokesperson said about the operations. The agency is conducting both immigration enforcement operations and undertaking efforts to fight crime in support of the U.S. Marshals Service, the spokesperson said.
The operations were intelligence-based, and the efforts at Union Station and the Home Depot resulted in the arrests of criminal undocumented immigrants convicted of assault, theft and gang activity, the spokesperson said.
"We will support the re-establishment of law and order and public safety in DC, which includes taking drug dealers, gang members, and criminal aliens off city streets,” the spokesperson said.
Trump is returning to the White House to sign executive orders
Trump's remarks and news conference at the Kennedy Center just ended. He'll head back to the White House now, where he's expected to sign executive orders later this afternoon.
Trump says he doesn't think he can convince Putin to stop targeting Ukrainian civilians
Trump told reporters at the Kennedy Center that he doubted he would be able to convince Putin to stop targeting Ukrainian civilians during their meeting on Friday.
"I've had that conversation with him," Trump said. "I've had a lot of good conversations with him, and then I go home and I see that a rocket hit a nursing home, or a rocket hit an apartment building and people are laying dead in the streets."
"So I guess the answer to that is no, because I've had this conversation," Trump said.
During his campaign, Trump repeatedly said that if elected he would end the war in 24 hours.
Trump warns Russia will face 'very severe consequence' if Putin doesn't agree to end Ukraine war after Friday meeting
Trump warned in his remarks with reporters that Russia will face consequences if Putin doesn't agree to end his country's war in Ukraine after their meeting Friday.
"Yes, they will. There will be ... very severe consequences," said Trump at the Kennedy Center, though he didn't specify what the response could entail.
Trump has previously threatened numerous times to impose more sanctions on Russia.
Trump says there's a 'very good chance' he's going to have a second meeting with Putin
Trump said in answering reporters' questions at the Kennedy Center that there's a "very good chance" he's going to meet with Putin for a second time after their summit in Anchorage, Alaska, scheduled for Friday.
"There's a very good chance that we're going to have a second meeting, which will be more productive than the first, because the first is, I'm going to find out where we are and what we're doing," Trump said.
The president said they'll have a second meeting if the first one goes well.
"I would like to do it almost immediately, and we'll have a quick second meeting between President Putin and President Zelenskyy and myself, if they'd like to have me there," he said. "Certain great things can be gained in the first — it's going to be a very important meeting, but it's setting the table for the second meeting."
Trump said about his virtual call this morning with Zelenskyy and European leaders that he would "rate it a 10."
Trump says all Kennedy Center honorees 'went through me,' turned down 'wokesters'
Trump said he was "about 98% involved" in selecting the Kennedy Center honorees, adding, "They all went through me."
The president added that he "turned down plenty."
"I had a couple of wokesters," he said, laughing.
Trump says D.C. statehood 'is ridiculous'
Trump criticized D.C.'s push for statehood, which has been raised as an issue again with his takeover of the city police department, saying, "Statehood is ridiculous."
"We want to straighten the place out," he told reporters. "Statehood's ridiculous. It's unacceptable."
D.C. is largely comprised of Democratic voters, and Trump said Democrats wanted statehood to pick up two Senate seats.
"That's not going to happen," he said.
Trump says he's going to ask Congress for an extension of D.C.-police takeover
Trump told reporters at the Kennedy Center that he's going to submit a "crime bill" to Congress and will ask lawmakers to approve an extension for his administration's federalization of the D.C. police to address crime.
"We’re going to need a crime bill that we’re going to be putting in, and it’s going to pertain initially to D.C.," he said. "We’re going to be asking for extensions on that, long-term extensions, because you can’t have 30 days."
Trump's emergency powers to take control of the D.C. police only lasts for 30 days and any extensions must be approved by Congress.
Trump criticizes political opponents who call him a 'dictator'
Trump criticized his political opponents for slamming his decisions to deploy the National Guard to D.C. and take over the D.C. police.
"Already they're saying, 'He's a dictator.' The place is going to hell, and we've got to stop it," Trump said of the capital. "So instead of saying 'he's a dictator,' they should say, 'We're going to join him and make Washington safe," drawing applause from some people in the room.
Trump unveils this year's Kennedy Center honorees
Trump has unveiled this year's Kennedy Center honorees, which include actors, a singer and a rock band.
They include Michael Crawford, the original actor for the titular role in the musical "The Phantom of the Opera"; actor Sylvester Stallone; singer Gloria Gaynor, who had the hit song "I Will Survive"; and the rock band Kiss, Trump said.
The "honorees are outstanding people, outstanding group, incredible," the president said.
"Can't wait to celebrate the Kennedy Center Honors," Trump said, adding that it would take place in December.
Trump says he'll host 2025 Kennedy Center Honors
Trump announced that he will host this year's Kennedy Center Honors, which features performances from top artists.
He said people, including White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, asked him to host, and he agreed.
"I have agreed to host. Do you believe what I have to do? And I didn't want to do it. OK, they're going to say, 'He insisted.' I did not insist. But I think it will be quite successful, actually," Trump said before going on to recall his time hosting the reality TV show "The Apprentice."
How Trump has changed the Kennedy Center this year
Trump's visit to the Kennedy Center is his third trip to the storied performing arts center in his second term.
He's worked to remake the center by naming himself chairman, firing board members and replacing them with loyalists. He made his first visit this year in March, followed by a second visit in June.
Trump has criticized it for hosting certain programs, including drag events. Several performers have since boycotted the Kennedy Center in protest of the president's moves.
In June, Republicans proposed renaming the center after Trump and its opera house after first lady Melania Trump. The move, however, would violate the law that created the Kennedy Center, according to multiple sources.
Ahead of Alaska summit, Zelenskyy says he told Trump and European allies that Putin is 'bluffing'
Ahead of Trump's summit in Alaska on Friday with Putin, Zelenskyy said he told Trump and European allies on a virtual call this morning that Putin is "bluffing."
During a press conference with German Chancellor Fredrich Merz in Berlin after the virtual call, the Ukrainian president said that they have to combine negotiations with pressure on Russia.
"Sanctions should be strengthened if Russia will not go for ceasefire in Alaska," Zelenskyy said.
He added that he wants there to be a ceasefire with Russia and for there eventually to be a meeting among the three leaders.
He added, "Of course, we discussed the battlefield today, told President Trump and all our European allies, Putin is bluffing. Russia wants to occupy the whole Ukraine. This is his wish.”
Court weighs unusual Trump lawsuit against Maryland-based federal judges
A judge today will consider an unprecedented lawsuit in which the Trump administration sued all 15 Maryland-based federal judges over a standing order related to deportation cases.
The case is the latest escalation of the Trump administration’s war on the judiciary, which has been marked by criticism of judges who have ruled against the government over Trump’s bold and aggressive use of executive power.
Larger National Guard presence expected tonight in D.C.
A significantly larger National Guard presence is expected throughout D.C. tonight, according to a White House official.
More than 1,450 people participated in law enforcement operations last night, the official said, including 750 police officers, 30 National Guard troops and federal law enforcement agents.
Forty-three people were arrested last night, according to the official, bringing the total number of arrests since last Thursday to 103. Nearly two dozen migrants were among those arrested.
Trump admin report prioritizes political goals over human rights, group says
The Trump administration released its new, drastically scaled-down version of the State Department’s annual human rights report yesterday after months of delay.
The administration’s assessment of human rights abuses in some countries, which is one-tenth as long as last year’s report, reaches notably different conclusions and dedicates no sections to abuses against women or LGBTQ people.
The report also places a new focus on restrictions of freedom of expression by U.S. adversaries and allies alike.
National Guard deployed to D.C. in Trump’s push to cut crime
Hundreds of National Guard troops have been deployed across Washington, D.C., as part of Trump’s push to cut crime in the district. Mayor Muriel Bowser, along with the district’s police chief, met yesterday with Attorney General Pam Bondi and said she will make the most of federal help that she says she’s powerless to refuse. NBC’s Garrett Haake reports for "TODAY."
Trump to visit Kennedy Center for honorees announcement
Trump will head to the Kennedy Center this morning as this year's honorees are unveiled.
"GREAT Nominees for the TRUMP/KENNEDY CENTER, whoops, I mean, KENNEDY CENTER, AWARDS," Trump said in a post to Truth Social yesterday. "They will be announced Wednesday."
The Kennedy Center appeared to tease the honorees in a post on X, writing, "A country music icon, an Englishman, a New York City Rock band, a dance Queen and a multi-billion dollar Actor walk into the Kennedy Center Opera House…."
As Democrats slam Trump’s D.C. crackdown, Mayor Bowser walks a fine line
In the end, Trump’s offer was one that Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser could not refuse.
In mobilizing the D.C. National Guard, pressing federal agents into urban law enforcement and taking control of the Metropolitan Police Department — all in the name of fighting violent crime in the nation’s capital — Trump invited Bowser to cooperate with his administration.
The law, federal money and a long-standing threat to repeal self-government in the city lined up behind him, giving Bowser, who one former aide described as having a rare ability to “remove emotion” from political and policy calculations, little choice but to comply.
“What I’m focused on is the federal surge and how to make the most of the additional officer support that we have,” Bowser told reporters after a meeting yesterday with Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Europe and Ukraine launch last-ditch diplomatic drive ahead of Trump-Putin summit
Trump will join a video call today with European leaders and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who will implore him not to capitulate to Russia’s demands during Friday’s high-profile summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
Despite Russia’s invasion impacting them most directly, European powers and Ukraine have not been invited to the Trump-Putin summit at Anchorage’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
There is growing alarm in Europe that the leaders from Washington and Moscow could emerge with an agreement disastrous for Ukraine and the continent’s vulnerability to future Russian attack.
How redistricting became the burning hot center of Democratic politics
It was once an issue that made voters’ eyes glaze over.
But in the last several weeks, the once-arcane subject of redistricting — underpinned by Texas Democrats’ extraordinary exodus from their state to block Republican plans to redraw maps — has transformed into the burning hot center of Democratic politics.
Trump-Putin summit to take place at U.S. military base in Anchorage
Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to hold their long-anticipated summit at a U.S. military base in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, according to a White House official.
The meeting at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson will be their first during Trump’s second term as he seeks to bring an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Some National Guard troops deployed with D.C. police last night
Some National Guard troops deployed last night with D.C. police, a senior Army official confirmed.
This is the beginning of the deployment, and the full roster of 800 troops ordered to Washington should be operational and deployed at the end of the week.
