Gov. Tate Reeves has approved an extension of Mississippi National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C. until the end of November. The Republican and ally of President Donald Trump made the announcement Wednesday after sending roughly 200 troops to the nation’s capital in August.

Trump federalized the Metropolitan Police Department, allowing for hundreds of National Guard soldiers and federal agents to be deployed to police the streets of the capital. The president’s efforts to “beautify” D.C. followed the assault of 19-year-old Department of Government Efficiency employee Edward Coristin and a reported spike in violent crime in the city’s downtown, though local officials argue that criminal activity was on the decline.

Reeves commended the president’s efforts to “clean up Washingto

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