U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to deploy federal officers and the National Guard to the District in order to place the DC Metropolitan Police Department under federal control and assist in crime prevention in the nation's capital. ⁠ ⁠ 1. National Guard vehicles sit parked on the National Mall on August 14, 2025 in Washington, DC.📸:anna.money⁠ 2. Washington DC Metro Police, along with FBI agents, ATF and US Park Service Police, remove a man, allegedly high on drugs and refused entry to authorities, on Georgia Ave NW on August 13, 2025 in Washington, DC.📸:tasosphoto⁠ 3. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers, the investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and U.S. Park Police officers detain a person on the National Mall on August 13, 2025 in Washington, DC.📸:photodietsch⁠ 4. Pedestrians pass an MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles) combat vehicle deployed by the Washington DC National Guard outside Union Station on August 14, ...