The presence of troops in the capital is expected to grow over the next week and the president is threatening to take similar tactics to other Democratic cities

After law enforcement set up a vehicle checkpoint along the busy 14th Street Northwest corridor, hecklers shouted, “Go home, fascists” and “Get off our streets.”

President Donald Trump has spent days escalating his rhetoric on crime in Washington, calling the U.S. capital "totally out of control" and ordering a federal law enforcement surge ahead of a Monday press conference to outline a sweeping crackdown.

Donald Trump’s show of force intended to eradicate street crime, which official statistics say is down to a 30-year low

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has fled to Martha's Vineyard after President Donald Trump unleashed a swift crime crackdown flooding National Guard troops into the city's streets.

National Guard troops pulled up in front of the Washington Monument on Aug. 12. They weren't armed then, but they could be soon, Army officials said.

The National Guard in Washington, D.C., will serve as a “beacon” for other major U.S. cities, including New York and Los Angeles, President Donald Trump said Wednesday in a meandering speech at the Kennedy Center.