President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is activating hundreds of National Guard troops and taking over the Metropolitan Police Department to tackle crime in Washington, D.C. This comes after beefing up federal law enforcement presence in the nation's capital on Saturday.

National Guard members deployed to D.C. to combat "lawlessness" will remain until late September, according to a leaked memo.

Trump to take over D.C. police and deploy the National Guard in effort to fight crime in the nation's capital WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday announced he will deploy approximately 800 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., and federalize the city's police in an effort to fight crime.