After President Donald Trump's announcement that his administration would take over Washington’s police department for at least a month, hundreds of members of the National Guard began to arrive in the capital.
The federalization push, Trump said, includes clearing out encampments for homeless people.
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A woman rolls her suitcase past as District of Columbia National Guardsmen patrol inside the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro Station, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A train passes through as District of Columbia National Guardsmen patrol inside the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro Station, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Members of the District of Columbia National Guard patrol along the National Mall, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A first sergeant with the District of Columbia National Guard watches as activists protest President Donald Trump's federal takeover of policing of the District of Columbia, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Members of the District of Columbia National Guard patrol along the National Mall, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Members of the District of Columbia National Guard patrol along the National Mall, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Members of the District of Columbia National Guard patrol along the National Mall, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Department of Homeland Security Federal Protective Services agents instruct a tow truck to take away a food truck on the National Mall, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Washington. The owner says his employees were asked for immigration status by ICE and then he was told that the truck's tires were bad and it would have to be towed. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
National Guard personnel look up and admire the valuted ceiling as they keep watch as travelers arrive at Union Station near the Capitol, in Washington, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
District of Columbia National Guard soldiers move their M-ATV at Union Station in Washington, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Stormy skies are seen over the U.S. Capitol from the National Mall, Thursday, August 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
U.S. Secret Service agents, with the help of FBI agents, take a man into custody, center, near a homeless encampment in downtown Washington, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Protesters hold signs at a homeless encampment, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Activists with Free DC carry signs as they march to federal court, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
An unidentified woman screams at FBI agents through a bullhorn after they assisted U.S. Secret Service police taking a man into custody for allegedly possessing illegal drugs, near a homeless encampment in downtown Washington, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Drug Enforcement Administration agents patrol outside of the Nationals Park during a baseball game in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
National Guard personnel keep watch as travelers arrive at the entrance to Union Station near the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
George M., who has been living at a tent encampment, packs up his tent, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Camping tents seen at a homeless encampment near the Lincoln memorial, as people clean up in advance of a 10 a.m. vacate order from the city, Thursday, August 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers as they conduct traffic checks at a checkpoint along 14th Street in northwest Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Residents of the area yell at agents of the Department of Homeland Security Investigations as they join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers to conduct traffic checks at a checkpoint along 14th Street in northwest Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers as they conduct traffic checks at a checkpoint along 14th Street in northwest Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents detain a person at a checkpoint as they join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers to conduct traffic checks along 14th Street in northwest Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
A person holds a sign as Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers as they conduct traffic checks at a checkpoint along 14th Street in northwest Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
A head covering is removed from a person who was detained as Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers as they conduct traffic checks at a checkpoint along 14th Street in northwest Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Department of Homeland Security Investigation officers pause at the intersection of 14th and U Streets in northwest Washington, while on patrol Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers on patrol in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Anthony Peltier)
Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers as they conduct traffic checks at a checkpoint along 14th Street in northwest Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Federal law enforcement agents from various agencies including Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Park Police, and FBI, question a couple who had been parked outside a legal parking zone while eating McDonald's takeout, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in northwest Washington near Kennedy St. NW. The couple were released after a search of the car. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Vehicles with law enforcement agents from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection as well as Metropolitan Police drive along Kennedy Street NW, in the early morning of Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Petworth neighborhood of Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
A member of the District of Columbia National Guard puts up signs for 100% ID checks outside the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
The District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Troops load boxes of rifle ammunition at the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters as President Donald Trump implements his order to use federal law enforcement and the National Guard to expel homeless people and rid the nation's capital of violent crime, in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Stephanie W., 28, who is homeless, rests on a foam mattress as a United States Park Police vehicle drives past, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in northwest Washington near the Kennedy Center. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Department of Homeland Security Investigation officers stop to talk to a member of the community at the intersection of 14th and U Streets in northwest Washington, while on patrol Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
A member of the District of Columbia National Guard arrives at the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A child watches as officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration patrol along the National Mall Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Department of Homeland Security officers also began patrolling the U Street corridor, and other federal agents joined police officers on patrol.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
A woman rolls her suitcase past as District of Columbia National Guardsmen patrol inside the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro Station, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A train passes through as District of Columbia National Guardsmen patrol inside the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro Station, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Members of the District of Columbia National Guard patrol along the National Mall, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A first sergeant with the District of Columbia National Guard watches as activists protest President Donald Trump's federal takeover of policing of the District of Columbia, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Members of the District of Columbia National Guard patrol along the National Mall, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Members of the District of Columbia National Guard patrol along the National Mall, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Members of the District of Columbia National Guard patrol along the National Mall, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Department of Homeland Security Federal Protective Services agents instruct a tow truck to take away a food truck on the National Mall, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Washington. The owner says his employees were asked for immigration status by ICE and then he was told that the truck's tires were bad and it would have to be towed. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
National Guard personnel look up and admire the valuted ceiling as they keep watch as travelers arrive at Union Station near the Capitol, in Washington, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
District of Columbia National Guard soldiers move their M-ATV at Union Station in Washington, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Stormy skies are seen over the U.S. Capitol from the National Mall, Thursday, August 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
U.S. Secret Service agents, with the help of FBI agents, take a man into custody, center, near a homeless encampment in downtown Washington, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Protesters hold signs at a homeless encampment, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Activists with Free DC carry signs as they march to federal court, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
An unidentified woman screams at FBI agents through a bullhorn after they assisted U.S. Secret Service police taking a man into custody for allegedly possessing illegal drugs, near a homeless encampment in downtown Washington, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Drug Enforcement Administration agents patrol outside of the Nationals Park during a baseball game in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
National Guard personnel keep watch as travelers arrive at the entrance to Union Station near the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
George M., who has been living at a tent encampment, packs up his tent, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Camping tents seen at a homeless encampment near the Lincoln memorial, as people clean up in advance of a 10 a.m. vacate order from the city, Thursday, August 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers as they conduct traffic checks at a checkpoint along 14th Street in northwest Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Residents of the area yell at agents of the Department of Homeland Security Investigations as they join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers to conduct traffic checks at a checkpoint along 14th Street in northwest Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers as they conduct traffic checks at a checkpoint along 14th Street in northwest Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents detain a person at a checkpoint as they join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers to conduct traffic checks along 14th Street in northwest Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
A person holds a sign as Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers as they conduct traffic checks at a checkpoint along 14th Street in northwest Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
A head covering is removed from a person who was detained as Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers as they conduct traffic checks at a checkpoint along 14th Street in northwest Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Department of Homeland Security Investigation officers pause at the intersection of 14th and U Streets in northwest Washington, while on patrol Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers on patrol in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Anthony Peltier)
Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents join Washington Metropolitan Police Department officers as they conduct traffic checks at a checkpoint along 14th Street in northwest Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Federal law enforcement agents from various agencies including Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Park Police, and FBI, question a couple who had been parked outside a legal parking zone while eating McDonald's takeout, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in northwest Washington near Kennedy St. NW. The couple were released after a search of the car. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Vehicles with law enforcement agents from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection as well as Metropolitan Police drive along Kennedy Street NW, in the early morning of Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Petworth neighborhood of Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
A member of the District of Columbia National Guard puts up signs for 100% ID checks outside the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
The District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Troops load boxes of rifle ammunition at the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters as President Donald Trump implements his order to use federal law enforcement and the National Guard to expel homeless people and rid the nation's capital of violent crime, in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Stephanie W., 28, who is homeless, rests on a foam mattress as a United States Park Police vehicle drives past, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in northwest Washington near the Kennedy Center. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Department of Homeland Security Investigation officers stop to talk to a member of the community at the intersection of 14th and U Streets in northwest Washington, while on patrol Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
A member of the District of Columbia National Guard arrives at the District of Columbia National Guard Headquarters, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A child watches as officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration patrol along the National Mall Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
