WASHINGTON — National Guard troops began arriving at the D.C. Armory on Tuesday morning to report for duty to carry out President Donald Trump's directive to address crime in the nation's capital.

National Guard troops began arriving in Washington on Tuesday morning, a day after President Trump deployed some 800 members to the nation’s capital to combat what he called out-of-control violent crime.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump deployed 800 National Guard troops to the streets of Washington, DC, a rare flex of his presidential authority over the military while a court mulls the legality of his prior order sending troops to Los Angeles.