Justice Department data, however, showed violent crime in 2024 hit a 30-year low in Washington, a self-governing federal district under the jurisdiction of Congress.

Members of the West Virginia National Guard will be deployed to the streets of the nation’s capital as part of the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul policing in the District of Columbia throu...

The National Guard troops have largely been stationed in high-profile places like the National Mall or landmarks like Union Station, where Humvees are conspicuously parked.