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One Year Later, Trump’s ‘Takeover’ Has Changed D.C. Is It Better Off?
The deployment of National Guard troops and federal agents into the streets has been expensive. How effective it has been is debatable.
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A year in, thousands of armed troops have quietly become a fixture of D.C. life
President Trump's deployment of the National Guard hits the one year mark next week. The presence of armed, uniformed troops on the street has become increasingly normalized in the capital.
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Washington grapples with a $1.4 billion National Guard deployment extension until 2029
Residents and a new cadre of local officials see in it an unacceptable attempt by the federal government to restrict the heavily Democratic city's autonomy.
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