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By Trevor Hunnicutt and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top Trump administration officials on Wednesday thanked troops deployed in the nation's capital and blasted demonstrators opposed to the aggressive anti-crime efforts as "stupid white hippies.
When the chef Rock Harper read the news this month that President Trump was going to send the National Guard into the streets of Washington, D.C., to crack down on crime, he immediately worried about how this would impact business at Hill Prince, his casual bar and restaurant on the perpetually busy H Street corridor.
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Top White House officials turn to public appearances with troops as a tense Washington watches
WASHINGTON (AP) — A National Guard vehicle collided with a civilian car less than a mile from the U.S. Capitol on Thursday morning as troops continued to take up positions around the city during President Donald Trump’s crackdown.
President Donald Trump said Thursday he would expand the law enforcement and National Guard crackdown he ordered in Washington, DC, this month to other jurisdictions as he appeared at a US Park Police facility to promote the initiative.