White House touts arrests amid Trump's takeover of Washington, DC

(NewsNation) — More than 850 National Guard troops and different national agents were connected the crushed successful Washington, D.C., connected Wednesday arsenic the territory emerged from the archetypal afloat nighttime of President Donald Trump’s law enforcement takeover.

Since Trump's unit deployment and section constabulary federalization, the medication has reported astir 2 twelve arrests.

The White House connected Tuesday touted 23 arrests for weapon charges, drunk driving, fare evasion, reckless driving and 1 idiosyncratic wanted connected execution charges. As of December 2024, much than 702,000 people resided successful the nation’s capital.

For the takeover to past much than 30 days, it would necessitate an enactment of Congress — a anticipation the Trump medication hasn't ruled out.

“We volition reevaluate and reassess and marque further decisions aft this 30-day play is up,” White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said during a Tuesday property briefing.

Homeless camps to beryllium cleared, but structure abstraction a concern

Wednesday morning, the White House said two stateless camps connected National Park Service spot could beryllium cleared retired arsenic soon arsenic this week. Where those radical volition spell remains unknown.

Two advocates for stateless radical told NewsNation connected Tuesday the structure abstraction successful D.C. is “very limited.”

“That’s going to beryllium a mess,” said 1 idiosyncratic surviving successful 1 of the city’s encampments. “Because that’s going to beryllium a mess, I’m telling you."

Leavitt said Tuesday that radical volition beryllium fixed the enactment to permission their encampment, beryllium taken to a structure oregon offered addiction oregon intelligence wellness services.

“If they refuse, they volition beryllium susceptible to fines oregon to jailhouse time,” Leavitt said. “Again, these are preexisting laws that are already connected the books. They person not been enforced.”

Other Democrat-led cities could beryllium adjacent Trump target

NewsNation cameras captured astir 800 National Guard members arriving for work Tuesday. The national troops volition enactment successful D.C. alongside U.S. Park Police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, borderline czar Tom Homan confirmed.

Trump has floated the thought of expanding his crackdown against transgression and homelessness to cities similar New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Baltimore.

“We’re going to instrumentality backmost our capital,” Trump said. “And past we’ll look astatine different cities.”