Three states to send hundreds of National Guard troops
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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.
A White House spokesperson told CBS News that while deployed National Guard members "may be armed," they will not make arrests.
On Sunday night, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine both announced their respective deployment of troops to the capital.
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The trial over President Trump's deployment of thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles earlier this summer reached its third and final day Wednesday.