FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 10 - Caught on Camera

Six Republican states send 1,100 troops to US capital amid crackdown

Federal agents and National Guard troops flood Washington after Trump calls for aggressive crime-fighting measures.

Al Jazeera · Aug 19, 2025

Three Republican-led states to send hundreds of National Guards to Washington at Trump's request

The activations of external Guard troop deployments suggest the Trump administration sees the need for additional manpower, despite the president personally downplaying the need for Washington to hire more police officers.

Euronews · Aug 17, 2025

Three states to deploy hundreds of national guard troops to Washington DC

South Carolina and Ohio join West Virginia in pledging troops, fueling protests over ‘political policing mission’

The Guardian - US · Aug 16, 2025

Judge weighs whether Trump violated federal law by deploying National Guard to Los Angeles

A federal judge in San Francisco is weighing whether the Trump administration violated federal law by sending National Guard troops to accompany federal agents on immigration raids in Southern California

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025

Pentagon Draws Up Plans To Send Troops to American Cities

The Trump administration is considering plans for a "Reaction Force" of National Guard troops to deploy quickly to American cities with signs of civil unrest.

Reason · Aug 13, 2025

Trump’s Washington DC takeover is straight out of a fascist playbook

About 800 national guard troops will be deployed in the nation’s capital because, according to the president: ‘Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs’

The Guardian - US · Aug 13, 2025

4 out of 5 US troops surveyed understand the duty to disobey illegal orders

With his Aug. 11, 2025, announcement that he was sending the National Guard – along with federal law enforcement – into Washington, D.C. to fight crime, President Donald Trump edged U.S. troops closer to the kind of military-civilian confrontations that can cross ethical and legal lines.

The Conversation · Aug 13, 2025

Mayor calls for DC to become 51st state after Trump’s National Guard crackdown

Muriel Bowser says president’s move to federalize city police force demonstrates why the District of Columbia needs statehood to secure its independence

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025

National Guard troops carry out first patrol of DC

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The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025

National Guard troops on the streets of DC to fight what Trump calls ‘out of control’ crime in the nation’s capital

The presence of troops in the capital is expected to grow over the next week and the president is threatening to take similar tactics to other Democratic cities

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025