National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C. will remain in the nation’s capital for another four months. The Trump administration extended the orders for the mission through at least February 2026.

The extension was first reported by CNN and confirmed by multiple other outlets. Currently more than 2,300 National Guard troops are in the district, with approximately 960 of them coming from the District of Columbia National Guard. The rest are from seven Republican-led states that have sent their military personnel to Washington at the request of the Pentagon.

The extension comes as the mission into D.C. approaches the three-month mark. President Donald Trump announced plans to activate the D.C. National Guard in August to aid local and federal law enforcement fight allegedly high cr

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