The Republican governors of three states announced they will send state National Guard personnel to Washington, D.C., at the Trump administration's request. The big picture: The deployment of hundreds of additional troops, who will join the 800 already mobilized in the nation's capital, marks a major escalation in President Trump's takeover.

At least 700 National Guard troops will be sent to Washington, D.C., nearly doubling the number of Guardsmen active in the capital.

Three Republican-led states said Saturday that they were deploying hundreds of National Guard members to the nation’s capital to bolster the Trump administration’s effort to overhaul policing in Washington through a federal crackdown on crime and homelessness.

The Republican governors of West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio announced Saturday they will send National Guard troops to Washington, DC, in an escalation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to federally take over law enforcement in the city.

The Republican governors of West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio announced on Saturday that they plan to send hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, to support the deployment ordered by US President Donald Trump.

Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina authorizes 200 National Guardsmen to support President Trump's law and order initiative in Washington, D.C.

National Guard presence in D.C. is set to increase in the coming days after the governors of some Republican states deployed troops to the capital.

The shift comes after defense officials said the soldiers deployed to the capital wouldn’t be armed.

Trump's plan to address crime in D.C. calls for deploying National Guard troops along the National Mall overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, according to a source.

Dressed in camouflage fatigues, National Guard troops patrolled areas of Washington Thursday, dispatched by President Donald Trump to police what he has called "out of control crime" in the city.