"President Donald Trump first deployed the National Guard to Washington, D.C. in August, as part of a promised federal takeover to bring down the crime rate. The mission was originally set to expire at the end of November 2025, before an October extension pushed the end date to February 2026. The new orders are set to run until December 31, an official familiar with the matter told CNN."
"National guard troops will continue conducting armed patrols and beautification projects, defense officials familiar with the plan told The Washington Post. Joint Task Force-DC, the National Guard headquarters that oversees the deployment, said that 2,673 troops were assigned to the mission as of Friday. The force is made up of 714 members of the D.C. National Guard, and 1,959 additional troops sent from 11 Republican led states, including Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi, West Virginia, Georgia, and Alabama."
"The extension comes just weeks after Trump announced he would remove National Guard troops from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland in light of a Supreme Court ruling that claimed the president had failed to establish the exceptional circumstances that would legally authorize him to federalize the National Guard troops in Chicago. Trump warned in his post announcing the withdrawal that troops will come backwhen crime begins to soar again, which he said was [o]nly a question of time!"
National Guard troops will remain deployed in Washington, D.C. through December 31, 2026, marking the third extension of the mission. The deployment began in August as a federal initiative to reduce crime and was previously set to expire in November 2025 before extensions moved the end date to February 2026 and now to the end of 2026. Troops will conduct armed patrols and beautification projects. Joint Task Force-DC reported 2,673 troops assigned, including 714 D.C. National Guard members and 1,959 troops from 11 Republican-led states. The extension followed a controversial Supreme Court ruling and a deadly November attack that prompted additional forces.
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