# A year in, thousands of armed troops have quietly become a fixture of D.C. life

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/a-year-in-thousands-of-armed-troops-have-quietly-become-a-fixture-of-d-c-life/
- Published: 2026-08-11T09:00:00+00:00
- Original publisher: NPR (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.npr.org/2026/08/11/nx-s1-5927230/national-guard-dc-anniversary-trump
- Topics: Politics

## Summary

The deployment is expected to cost in the billions after it was quietly extended until Inauguration Day of 2029.

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