A few hundred people from all four quadrants of Washington, D.C., plus Maryland and Virginia, gathered Thursday to protest the federal involvement in local matters. “Free D.C.!” The crowd near U and 14th Streets NW chanted.

The protest comes as West Virginia, South Carolina, and Ohio announced they would deploy hundreds of additional National Guard troops to the nation's capital.

Demonstrators played go-go music and clamored for D.C. statehood while, just miles away, the president met with National Guard troops he deployed to the capital city.

Protesters in Washington, D.C., pushed back over the weekend against President Donald Trump's growing federal military and law enforcement deployment in the capital.

The protest where the sign appeared was organized in part by We of Action Virginia, an organization that states on its website that it is an affiliate of the activist group Indivisible.

JD Vance serves burgers to troops, praising their efforts amid chants of ‘free DC’ from protesters at Union Station.

In the early summer of 2020, at the height of the pandemic, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Washington in raucous protests against the police killing of George Floyd. In the late summer of 2025,

These protests come after President Donald Trump announced a federal police takeover on Monday, giving him control of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Ask Sage claims the pacts circumvent federal acquisitions regulations, lack required security authorizations and mislead agencies about actual costs and capabilities.

WASHINGTON — Bringing prominent White House support to the streets of Washington, Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday visited with National Guard troops at the city’s main train station as protesters chanted “free D.C.” — the latest tense interlude from President Donald Trump’s crackdown in the nation’s capital.

Washington State lawmakers gathered to protest Attorney General Pam Bondi's threats to arrest them in a powerful moment last night. Governor Bob Ferguson led the charge, asserting that Bondi's attacks are 'on another level.

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