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.

Protestors held signs that read ‘Hands off DC’ and ‘Dump Trump’ as they walked toward the White House on Saturday

Protesters marched to the White House on Saturday as D.C. Metropolitan Police officers and National Park Service police looked on from a distance.

More than 50 people attended a Columbus protest Sunday against sending Ohio National Guard troops to the nation's capital.

President Donald Trump sent the National Guard in to quell largely peaceful protests in Los Angeles in June. It was the busiest protest month since 2020.

Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up to protest the increased police presence after the White House said the number of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital would ramp up and federal officers would be on the streets around the clock.

DeWine said the troops are expected to arrive in D.C. in the coming days and emphasized that none of them currently serve as active law enforcement officers in Ohio.

Free DC, a “fiscally sponsored special project” of progressive nonprofits Community Change and Community Change Action, brought 150 demonstrators near the White House Monday to protest Trump’s

Members of the West Virginia National Guard will be deployed the streets of the nation’s capital as part of the Trump