Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up to protest the increased police presence after the White House said the number of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital would ramp up and federal officers would be on the streets around the clock.

In a move that can only be meant to change the optics related to TikTok’s future, the White House launched a new account on the platform.

The Republican governors of West Virginia, South Carolina, Ohio, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee announced 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.

House and Senate Democrats, along with Washington's non-voting delegates in both chambers, argued that had Washington D.C. been a state, the president would not have been able to federalize the police force.

The New Jersey Democrat charged that Trump’s push to clean up DC and end sanctuary city policies “show us each and every day how much of a bigot he is.”

President Donald Trump escalated federal law enforcement in Washington, D.C., invoking mixed reactions. Vice President Vance praised the deployment, while local residents expressed frustration and concerns over increased militarization and crime.

Metal tables and chairs along with yellow umbrellas decorate a paved over historic White House Rose Garden lawn on August 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. See the Rose Garden's new look amid Trump's White House makeover.

In a post on X, the White House shared that Washington DC’s murder rate at 27.54 per 1,00,000 people is one of the highest globally.

Law enforcement officials in Washington, D.C., have arrested more than 550 individuals since Aug. 7, when President Donald Trump's crime crackdown began ahead of him federalizing the city.