Members of the Louisiana National Guard patrol at Union Station, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Photos of week three of Washington’s federal takeover, as troops on patrol start carrying guns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washingtonians are in their third week of National Guard troops and federal law enforcement patrolling their streets, now carrying firearms and drawing sporadic protests against President Donald Trump’s directive.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Armed West Virginia National Guardsmen patrol in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)An image of President Donald Trump and the American flag hang on the Labor Department headquarters near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)Peter Gartrell rallies a local resident during a grassroots, daily, five-minute pots and pans protest to demonstrate against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)Armed members of the Louisiana National Guard patrol Union Station, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)Armed members of the Ohio National Guard pass by children playing in a water feature at The Wharf, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Standing in between protesters and the White House, members of the South Carolina National Guard patrol Lafayette Park near the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)Armed members of the South Carolina National Guard patrol inside the metro system, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, as seen from an overhead level, in downtown Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Members of the South Carolina National Guard patrol the platform of the Washington Metro Gallery Place station in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)Armed National Guardsmen patrol along the National Mall, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)A sign hangs outside the White House 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)Armed National Guard soldiers from West Virginia patrol the Mall near the Capitol in Washington, as part of President Donald Trump’s order to impose federal law enforcement in the nation’s capital, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Armed National Guardsmen pose for a photo with a boy while patrolling at the base of the Washington Monument, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Armed members of the South Carolina National Guard patrol in Lafayette Parkl by the White House, as some people on benches react, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, in downtown Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Armed members of the West Virginia National Guard patrol the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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