{"id":160491,"date":"2025-08-13T06:50:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T06:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-national-guard-gathers-in-dc-as-president-mulls-expanding-their-role-across-us-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T06:50:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T06:50:58","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-national-guard-gathers-in-dc-as-president-mulls-expanding-their-role-across-us-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-national-guard-gathers-in-dc-as-president-mulls-expanding-their-role-across-us-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: national guard gathers in DC as president mulls expanding their role across US – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

The White House has said about 850 officers and agents took part in a \u2018massive law enforcement surge\u2019 across the city on Monday night. Key US politics stories from 12 August 2025
A steady stream of uniformed soldiers arrived at the national guard headquarters in Washington on Tuesday for deployment that evening to fight crime in the nation\u2019s capital.
Donald Trump\u2019s deployment of the 800-strong force has been described by Democrats as political theater. With Trump threatening to replicate the move in other big cities, Democrats point to statistics showing that violent crime in Washington has dropped to historic lows in the past two years.
About 850 officers and agents took part in a \u201cmassive law enforcement surge\u201d across Washington DC<\/a> on Monday night and made nearly two dozen arrests, the White House said on Tuesday.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters, \u201cthis is only the beginning. Over the course of the next month, the Trump administration<\/a> will relentlessly pursue and arrest every violent criminal in the district who breaks the law, undermines public safety and endangers law-abiding Americans.\u201d
Trump\u2019s intervention has been widely condemned as an authoritarian power grab that undermines the autonomy of Washington\u2019s DC local government and seeks to distract attention from political problems such as the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington DC<\/a>, has pledged to work \u201cside by side\u201d with the federal government as national guard troops arrive at their headquarters in the capital.
The show of force came after Donald Trump announced<\/a> that he was sending the national guard into the capital and putting city police under federal control, even though the violent crime rate is at a 30-year low<\/a>.
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Donald Trump<\/a> could expand the use of national guard troops in US cities even further, if a plan from the Pentagon comes to fruition.
The Washington Post, reporting on internal documents<\/a> on Tuesday, says Pentagon officials are \u201cevaluating plans\u201d to create a \u201cDomestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force\u201d that would deploy to crack down on cities in events of unrest or during protests.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
A US appeals court on Tuesday rejected a bid by a group of unions to block the Trump administration<\/a> government downsizing team known as the \u201cdepartment of government efficiency\u201d (Doge) from accessing sensitive data on Americans.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
An outbreak of a respiratory disease, possibly Covid-19, is running rampant through the remote Florida<\/a> immigration jail known as \u201cAlligator Alcatraz\u201d, according to the attorney of an infected detainee removed from the camp last week.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
A newly appointed official at the US Department of Labor hired by the Trump administration<\/a> has a recent history of racist, sexually graphic, and conspiratorial posts on social media.
Jessico Bowman was appointed deputy chief of staff of the Bureau of International Labor Affairs at the labor department, which is to lead \u201cthe US Department of Labor\u2019s efforts to ensure that workers around the world are treated fairly and are able to share in the benefits of the global economy\u201d. She has deleted her account on X and Facebook accounts since announcing her hiring.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Donald Trump\u2019s administration<\/a> says it has determined that George Washington University has violated federal civil rights law, making it the latest higher educational institution to be targeted by the White House over last spring\u2019s campus protests against Israeli military strikes in Gaza<\/a>.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Donald Trump hit out at Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon<\/strong>, saying the bank had been wrong to predict tariffs would hurt the economy<\/a>.
The White House told the Smithsonian that it plans a wide review<\/strong> of exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of the US\u2019s 250th anniversary celebrations in 2026<\/a>.
US prices continued to rise in July, according to key economic data,<\/strong> as Donald Trump\u2019s international tariffs shake-up started to impact consumer costs<\/a>.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 11 August 2025<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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