South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has authorized the deployment of 200 South Carolina National Guardsmen to Washington, D.C., to support federal law enforcement activities.

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey is deploying 300 to 400 National Guard troops to the District of Columbia at the request of the Trump administration, the governor's office said in a statement ...

However, data from Washington police shows significant drops in violent crime between 2023 and 2024, although that was coming off the back of a post-pandemic surge.