US military preparing to surge National Guard troops to Washington, DC, to fight local crime and youth violence: report

The US military is preparing to activate hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, DC, as a part of President Trump’s sweeping federal crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital, according to authorities.

Trump has yet to make a final decision about the activation of federal troops, but the National Guard is readying to deploy them, two US officials with knowledge of the operation confirmed to Reuters.

The preparation comes as 120 FBI agents from across the country have already begun patrolling DC streets overnight and backing up area cops at carjacking hot spots, despite many lacking local patrol work training, the Washington Post reported...