Hundreds of protesters—NHK put the turnout at more than 1,000—marched from Dupont Circle to the White House on Saturday, chanting “Trump must go” and “Free D.C.” The demonstration opposed President Donald Trump’s decision earlier in the week to declare a crime emergency, place the Metropolitan Police Department under federal control and deploy National Guard troops across the capital. Crowds confronted troops on the National Mall and later outside Union Station, at times surrounding Guard vehicles and urging soldiers to “go home.” D.C. police formed protective lines to separate the two sides, and no major injuries or arrests were reported by late evening. The protest underscores political pushback to the federal takeover. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton called the move an “egregious attack on D.C. home rule,” while the city has filed suit arguing the administration exceeded its authority. The White House says the measures are needed to curb violent crime, which Trump says is “totally out of control.”