Protesters booed and jeered Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller as they came to the station, located blocks from the U.S. Capitol, to thank the troops. The crowd's chants drowned out the voices of the officials.

Vice President JD Vance says National Guard troops are making substantial progress tackling crime in Washington, D.C., and suggests their mission may extend beyond 30 days.

Vice President JD Vance joined Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller at Washington’s Union Station to greet National Guard troops deployed to the capital.

The vice president and defense secretary met with National Guard troops at Union Station, while protesters booed at the two leaders and chanted “free D.C.”

Veep was joined by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller, who promised additional resources to DC crime crackdown while calling protesters ‘stupid white hippies’

In New Mexico’s most populous city, National Guard troops are listening to the police dispatch calls, monitoring traffic cameras and helping to secure crime scene perimeters, tasks not usually part of the job.

During a press conference on Monday, August 11, President Donald Trump announced that he is placing the Washington, D.C., police under federal control and deploying the National Guard. #trump #nationa

The National Guard of Ukraine has posted footage showing drone operators wiping out Russian assault troops who were attempting to advance in a vehicle on the Pokrovsk front. Source: National Guard on X (Twitter) Details: Drone operators from the National Guard's Rubizh Brigade reportedly struck the assault troops as they tried to approach Ukrainian defensive positions.