At least 300 National Guard troops will be sent to Washington, D.C., nearly doubling the number of Guardsmen active in the capital.

Trump's plan to address crime in D.C. calls for deploying National Guard troops along the National Mall overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, according to a source.

West Virginia is sending several hundred National Guard troops to Washington to bolster the federal deployment that President Donald Trump has ordered in his effort to reduce crime in the nation’s capital.

Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, who has denied crime is out of control in her city, described the troop deployment as an "authoritarian push". Trump, a Republican, has also threatened similar deployments against New York and Chicago, two other cities controlled by Democrats.

A White House spokesperson told CBS News that while deployed National Guard members "may be armed," they will not make arrests.

West Virginia National Guard troops are now being sent to Washington, DC, in an escalation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to federally take over law enforcement in the city.

A National Guard deployment reacheed 400 members in Washington as a federal operation began targeting crime and homelessness around the clock Wednesday.

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey (R) said Saturday that National Guard troops from his state would aid the Trump administration’s federal police takeover in Washington to help “make

Hundreds of West Virginia National Guard members will be deployed across the nation’s capital as part of the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul policing in the District of Columbia through a federal crackdown on crime and homelessness.

President Donald Trump deployed 800 National Guard troops to the nation's capital as part of a crime crackdown in the city.

National Guard troops called on to active-duty by President Donald Trump arrived on the footsteps of the Washington Monument on Tuesday.