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Hundreds of West Virginia National Guard members will deploy across the nation’s capital as part of the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul policing in the District of Columbia through a federal crackdown on crime and homelessness. The move comes as federal agents and National Guard troops have begun to appear across the heavily Democratic city

West Virginia’s governor said he would send up to 400 National Guard troops to the nation’s capital at President Trump’s request. They’ll join other National Guard troops and federal agents already deployed with local police on the streets of Washington, D.C. The troops may also soon carry weapons, the White House said. Original CBS News

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Russian President Vladimir Putin described his meeting with President Trump as “frank, substantive and bringing us closer to making the necessary decisions.” But the Alaska summit couldn’t have been more far removed from the battlefields of Ukraine. Debora Patta has the latest developments. Original CBS News Link</a

A White House official told CBS News Saturday that the National Guard members deployed to Washington, D.C., as part of President Trump’s effort to address crime in the nation’s capital and take control of the city’s police force “may be armed,” but that Guard members would not make arrests. “The National Guard is not making