Mayor Muriel Bowser sought to reassure residents in the nation's capital, adding that the National Guard deployment was unnecessary.

While details of the plan were unclear, the administration is preparing to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, a U.S. official told Reuters.

Federal law enforcement and National Guard troops have taken to the streets of Washington, D.C., as the debate over President Donald Trump's efforts to combat crime and homelessness in the nation's capital intensifies.