Gov. McMaster says 200 National Guardsmen are being sent to Washington to assist law enforcement, but may return if South Carolina faces a disaster.

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.

Around two dozen soldiers stood guard outside Washington, Union Station in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 14. They had little to do.

Chairman of The Jack Brewer Foundation Jack Brewer weighs in on the deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C. on 'Jesse Watters Primetime.'

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he will seek more permanent federal control of the Washington, D.C., police force as he continues his efforts to ramp-up crime enforcement in the nation's capital.

The clearing of homeless encampments in the nation’s capital is unfolding under what President Donald Trump calls his Making D

When President Donald Trump declared a federal takeover of Washington, DC’s law enforcement this week, he framed it as an emergency order to crack down on crime and disorder. But threaded through his announcement was a broader vision for the aesthetic transformation of the US capital: He promised to “clean up” the city by removing homeless encampments and graffiti.

As the first of 800 Washington, D.C., National Guard members activated by President Donald Trump to assist with law enforcement in the nation's capital began to arrive Tuesday, they were still waiting to hear from law enforcement what their mission would be.