Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by President Donald Trump began arriving in the nation's capital on Tuesday, ramping up after the White House ordered federal forces to take over the city's police department and reduce crime in what the president called - without substantiation - a lawless city.

The influx came the morning after Trump announced he would be activating the guard members and taking over the department. He cited a crime emergency - but referred to the same crime that city officials stress is already falling noticeably. The president holds the legal right to make such moves - to a point.

Still unclear as the week unfolds: how visible and aggressive the federal presence in Washington would be, how it could play out, who will be targeted - and how long it might l

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