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Three Republican-led states are deploying National Guard members to Washington to help the Trump administration’s takeover of the city’s police department.
The White House has been playing an outsized role in the FBI’s operations since Trump announced on August 11 that he was initiating a federal takeover of the District of Columbia’s police department and calling in the National Guard to help patrol the streets. Critics have decried his actions as an authoritarian-like abuse of power.
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Military Times on MSNTimely payments for Guard deployed to DC a concern, lawmaker says
A top Senate Democrat is still awaiting clarity on when Guard troops patrolling the nation's capital will be compensated for that military duty.
The moves come as federal agents and National Guard troops have begun to appear across the heavily Democratic city after President Trump's executive order earlier this week.