National Guard troops armed with pistols are seen at the intersection of R Street, 20th Street and Connecticut Avenue Northwest in Washington, D.C., on the morning of Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. Video by Gilbert DunkleyNational Guard troops armed with pistols are seen at the intersection of R Street, 20th Street and Connecticut Avenue Northwest in Washington, D.C., on the morning of Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. Photo by Gilbert DunkleyNational Guard troops armed with pistols are seen at the intersection of R Street, 20th Street and Connecticut Avenue Northwest in Washington, D.C., on the morning of Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. Photo by Gilbert DunkleyPeople without homes and people with homes start their day near Q Street and Connecticut Avenue NW in the north Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. At the moment that this picture is taken, three armed National Guard troops are standing one block north at R Street and Connecticut Avenue NW. They are obscured by that tree at left in the background. This area already is highly policed, because it is home to embassies and ambassadorial residencies, and because many of Washington’s power players in politics and business have homes nearby. Even Jeff Bezos’s D.C. home (the city’s largest residential square footage) is in the neighborhood. Photo by Gilbert Dunkley
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