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A homeless encampment is seen near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., hours after President Trump declared on Monday that he will deploy the National Guard “to address the epidemic of crime in the nation’s capital.” Maansi Srivastava/NPR hide caption toggle caption Maansi Srivastava/NPR WASHINGTON — As hundreds of National Guard troops deployed on Tuesday in the nation’s capital, White …

Montgomery County anticipating more homeless people coming from D.C. due to federalization  Bethesda Magazine Homeless people in DC have 2 choices as Trump admin cracks down  Fox News Montgomery Co. bracing for possible homelessness rise after Trump crackdown on DC encampments  WTOP Daily Briefing: Where will DC’s homeless go?  USA Today Advocates fear Trump’s crackdown in D.C. will put many homeless people behind bars  NPR …

Trump vows to evict homeless from Washington, official says National Guard may be deployed  Reuters Trump orders homeless he passed en route to golf course to leave Washington DC  The Guardian Trump to send FBI on night patrols in DC: Reports  The Hill Trump considering deploying up to 1,000 National Guard to D.C.  NBC4 Washington 450 federal officers deployed to patrol DC streets ahead …

US President Donald Trump has said homeless people must “move out” of Washington DC as he vowed to tackle crime in the city, but the mayor pushed back against the White House likening the capital to Baghdad. “We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital,” he posted on Sunday. The Republican president also trailed a news …

In a social media post on Sunday, Donald Trump demands homeless residents of Washington DC leave the country’s capital or face eviction, and again promised to use federal officers to jail criminals, even though violent crime in the city was at a 30-year low when he took office in January. “The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY,” Trump wrote on …

President Trump wrote Sunday that homeless people should be moved out of Washington, D.C., “IMMEDIATELY” and relocated “FAR” away, as he hints at more aggressive policing in the nation’s capital — and suggests putting the city under federal control. The Trump administration announced last week it had boosted the presence of federal law enforcement in D.C., after the alleged assault …

Trump tells homeless people in D.C. to move out “IMMEDIATELY” amid capital crackdown  Axios FBI dispatches agents to D.C. streets as Trump vows crackdown on crime  The Washington Post Trump warns homeless to leave Washington, D.C., ‘immediately’  CNBC The nation’s capital waits for Trump’s next move as a federal takeover threat looms  AP News 450 federal officers deployed across DC on Saturday as Mayor …

Trump wants to evict homeless from Washington and send them ‘far from the capital’  Reuters Trump tells homeless people in D.C. to move out “IMMEDIATELY” amid capital crackdown  Axios ‘We are not experiencing a crime spike’: Bowser reacts to increase in federal law enforcement  NBC4 Washington The nation’s capital waits for Trump’s next move as a federal takeover threat looms  AP News D.C. mayor …

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, as he makes an announcement on the economy, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 7, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump on Sunday again signaled that he is ramping up plans to target crime in Washington, D.C., even as data shows that crime rates in the …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that makes it easier for cities to remove homeless people from the streets. “The number of individuals living on the streets in the United States on a single night during the last year of the Biden administration—274,224 —was the highest ever recorded,” according to a White House fact …