The Republican governors of West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio announced Saturday they will send National Guard troops to Washington, DC, in an escalation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to federally take over law enforcement in the city.

The number of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., increased again on Tuesday as a sixth Republican-led state sent some of its soldiers to the nation's capital as part of the president's activation to fight what he claims is rising crime in the city.

Deployments by troops from Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia will nearly double the force that Trump has deployed amid a crackdown on crime.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered National Guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington be armed.

Republican governors are sending hundreds of National Guard troops to aid in Trump's takeover of policing in D.C.

The Pentagon said Friday that National Guard members deployed in Washington, D.C. will soon be carrying service-issued weapons while supporting law enforcement efforts in the city. An official

The chair of the Democratic Governors Association, however, warned Republican governors against supporting “a dangerous, politically motivated agenda.”