Members of the District of Columbia National Guard patrol along the National Mall, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Photos of the National Guard and federal agents in Washington
After President Donald Trump’s announcement that his administration would take over Washington’s police department for at least a month, hundreds of members of the National Guard began to arrive in the capital.
The federalization push, Trump said, includes clearing out encampments for homeless people.
Department of Homeland Security officers also began patrolling the U Street corridor, and other federal agents joined police officers on patrol.
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Members of the District of Columbia National Guard patrol along the National Mall, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Members of the District of Columbia National Guard patrol along the National Mall, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)A train passes through as District of Columbia National Guardsmen patrol inside the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro Station, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)A woman rolls her suitcase past as District of Columbia National Guardsmen patrol inside the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro Station, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)District of Columbia National Guard soldiers move their M-ATV at Union Station in Washington, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)A first sergeant with the District of Columbia National Guard watches as activists protest President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of policing of the District of Columbia, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Drug Enforcement Administration agents patrol outside of the Nationals Park during a baseball game in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)An unidentified woman screams at FBI agents through a bullhorn after they assisted U.S. Secret Service police taking a man into custody for allegedly possessing illegal drugs, near a homeless encampment in downtown Washington, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)A child watches as officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration patrol along the National Mall Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)National Guard personnel keep watch as travelers arrive at the entrance to Union Station near the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)National Guard personnel look up and admire the valuted ceiling as they keep watch as travelers arrive at Union Station near the Capitol, in Washington, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Camping tents seen at a homeless encampment near the Lincoln memorial, as people clean up in advance of a 10 a.m. vacate order from the city, Thursday, August 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Members of the District of Columbia National Guard patrol along the National Mall, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Department of Homeland Security Investigation officers stop to talk to a member of the community at the intersection of 14th and U Streets in northwest Washington, while on patrol Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Department of Homeland Security Federal Protective Services agents instruct a tow truck to take away a food truck on the National Mall, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Washington. The owner says his employees were asked for immigration status by ICE and then he was told that the truck’s tires were bad and it would have to be towed. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)U.S. Secret Service agents, with the help of FBI agents, take a man into custody, center, near a homeless encampment in downtown Washington, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)Residents of the area yell at agents of the Department of Homeland Security Investigations as they join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers to conduct traffic checks at a checkpoint along 14th Street in northwest Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers as they conduct traffic checks at a checkpoint along 14th Street in northwest Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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