President Trump requested National Guard troops from states, locals stand up against federal takeover as it enters the second week.

Mississippi pledged to send about 200 Guard troops. About 160 Tennessee Guard troops will depart this week. They could carry weapons in the city.

President Trump has not committed to sending U.S. forces to Ukraine. No one has detailed publicly what form defenses would take; there are several options.

In Washington on Wednesday night, the most visible sign of President Trump’s takeover of the local Police Department was a sobriety checkpoint operated by local and federal police agencies on a busy street near downtown, which drew a crowd of jeering protesters.

Dressed in camouflage fatigues, National Guard troops patrolled areas of Washington Thursday, dispatched by President Donald Trump to police what he has called "out of control crime" in the city.

Outside the busiest train station in Washington, newly deployed National Guard troops wearing camouflage lean on a huge military Humvee. Wary residents and curious tourists stop to take photos, while inside the elegant Union Station a string trio plays "What a Wonderful World.

More federal law enforcement missions on the streets of Washington, D.C. are expected Thursday as troops muster in response to President Donald Trump’s unprecedented announcement that his administrati