Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited with National Guard troops at Washington, D.C.'s Union Station as protesters chanted “free D.C.,” the latest tense interlude from President Donald Trump’s crackdown in the nation’s capital.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said he would patrol the streets of Washington, D.C. on Thursday night with the police and military, after deploying National Guard troops in the nation's capital last week.