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Trump Deploys National Guard To Washington Dc And Pledges Crime Crackd

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National Guard patrol in the Lincoln Memorial, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Washington. The Washington Monument is seen in the background. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) National Guard patrol on the National Mall near the Washington Capitol, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Washington.

(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) National Guard patrol in the Lincoln Memorial, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that the National Guard deployment in the nation’s capital can continue for now, staying a lower-court ruling that had ordered an end to the... The three-judge panel for U.S.

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that Donald Trump may prevail in his argument that the president “possesses a unique power” to mobilize the Guard in Washington, which is a... US President Donald Trump claimed the city had been taken over by criminals and gangs. But police statistics show that violent crimes have decreased significantly in recent years. US President Donald Trump put the metropolitan police department of Washington, DC, under federal control on Monday and announced he would also deploy the National Guard to the US capital city. Trump claimed the US capital has been taken over "by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals." However, police statistics show that violent crime in Washington fell by 35% in 2024, and fell a further 26% in the first six months of 2025.

Washington's Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser has previously said that the city is "not experiencing a crime spike" and noted that violent crime hit its lowest level in more than three decades last year. Members of the National Guard patrol along Constitution Ave. on December 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. Heather Diehl/Getty Images North America hide caption National Guard troops can remain in Washington, D.C. while a panel of judges examines whether the deployment ordered by President Trump is legal, according to a Federal Appeals Court for Washington, D.C.

ruling. More than 2,000 troops have been deployed in the city since August, both from the District and at least 11 Republican-led states. Hundreds more were added after a targeted attack on National Guard troops killed one and wounded another last month, both of whom were from West Virginia. The decision Wednesday upends a lower court order that troops be removed from the city. President Trump's deployment in Washington is the most robust long-running operation so far, in what has become a pattern of military deployments to help with policing in Democratic-led cities around the country. President Donald Trump said he was deploying the National Guard to Washington DC and taking control of the city's police force as he pledged to crack down on crime and homelessness in the city.

Trump declared a "public safety emergency" on Monday, deploying 800 National Guard troops to bolster hundreds of federal law enforcement officers who were deployed over the weekend. "It's becoming a situation of complete and total lawlessness," he told reporters at the White House. The city's Mayor Muriel Bowser has rejected the president's claims about crime, and while there was a spike in 2023, statistics show it has fallen since then. Violent crime in the city is also at a 30-year low. "I'm announcing a historic action to rescue our nation's capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse," Trump said during a news conference in which he was flanked by US Attorney General Pam... In 2025, during Donald Trump's second presidency, federal government forces, primarily National Guard troops, have been deployed in select U.S.

cities. Trump has given multiple explanations for the deployments, saying they are officially part of crackdowns on protests, civil unrest, crime, homelessness, and illegal immigration. The actions targeted Democratic Party-led cities and sparked significant controversy, with critics labeling them as abuses of power and potential violations of laws like the Posse Comitatus Act, which limits military involvement in domestic... Deployments began in Los Angeles in June 2025 and expanded to Washington, D.C., in August 2025, before presidential authorizations were issued to expand to Memphis, Tennessee, and Portland, Oregon, in September 2025. Federal forces arrived in Memphis in October 2025.[7] Plans were underway for Chicago and potentially other cities like New York, Baltimore, San Francisco, and Oakland, California.[8][9][10][11] In September 2025, Trump told military leaders to... On September 2, federal courts ruled that the administration had illegally sent troops into Los Angeles in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act, a development described as potentially complicating Trump's threats for further military...

I have the right to do anything I want to do. I'm the president of the United States. If I think our country is in danger, and it is in danger in these cities, I can do it. During his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump said he would use the military to end protests without consent from state governors, actions which his aides had talked him out of during his first term.[5] He... Almost a week ago, US President Donald Trump had threatened a federal takeover of the country’s capital, Washington DC, after a prominent employee of Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) was beaten up in an... On Monday (August 11), he turned his threat into reality as he deployed the National Guard to the capital and took control of the city’s police force as he pledged to crack down on...

“I’m announcing a historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse,” Trump said during a news conference in which he was flanked by US Attorney General Pam... “This is liberation day in DC, and we’re going to take our capital back,” he said. But what does all this mean? Why has Trump moved in the National Guard to Washington, DC? What happens now? And why is Trump’s move unprecedented?

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ruling. More than 2,000 troops have been deployed in the city since August, both from the District and at least 11 Republican-led states. Hundreds more were added after a targeted attack on National Guard troops killed one and wounded another last month, both of whom were from West Virginia. The decision Wednesday upends a lower court order that troops be removed from the city. President Trump's d...