National Guard troops deployed to Washington have been authorized to carry “service-issue weapons,” according to two defense officials familiar with the matter who were granted anonymity to discuss t...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered National Guard members patrolling the streets of Washington, DC, to begin carrying their service weapons as they fulfill President Donald Trump’s crime crack...

The decision on whether they will be armed will ultimately be made by Brig. Gen. Leland D. Blanchard II, the interim commanding general of the D.C. National Guard.