Hundreds of National Guardsmen from three states are being activated to go to Washington, D.C. to aid the military mission in the nation’s capital.

National Guard troops patrolling Washington DC may carry weapons in the near future, a reversal of their initial orders.

“Trump is attacking my city to distract from everything that’s going bad in his administration,” said Ms. Galbraith, a retired schoolteacher who has lived in the area all her life.