In Washington on Wednesday night, the most visible sign of President Trump’s takeover of the local Police Department was a sobriety checkpoint operated by local and federal police agencies on a busy street near downtown, which drew a crowd of jeering protesters.

After US President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of military and federal law enforcement to Washington in August 2025, social media users circulated numerous images purporting to show the scene in the nation's capital.

Trump's plan to address crime in D.C. calls for deploying National Guard troops along the National Mall overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, according to a source.

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Trump in Washington on Monday to discuss 'ending the war' with President Donald Trump

The showdown in Washington is the latest attempt by Trump to test the boundaries of his legal authority to carry out his tough-on-crime agenda, relying on obscure statutes and a supposed state of emergency to speed up the mass deportation of people in the United States illegally.

Trump invokes federal control over D.C. police amid crime surge, with National Guard spotted leaving armory as authorities arrest 23 suspects.

Outside the busiest train station in Washington, newly deployed National Guard troops wearing camouflage lean on a huge military Humvee. Wary residents and curious tourists stop to take photos, while inside the elegant Union Station a string trio plays "What a Wonderful World.

More federal law enforcement missions on the streets of Washington, D.C. are expected Thursday as troops muster in response to President Donald Trump’s unprecedented announcement that his administrati