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Parents Mobilize to Protect School Commutes Amid Trump Deployment in DC
With National Guard and other federal agents in Washington, families are fearful that common school routes are becoming vulnerable places.
Members of the National Guard patrol near the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025.
Photographer: Al Drago/BloombergEach morning of the school year in Washington, DC, scores of children pass through Fort Totten Metro Station. Far from downtown, the station is one of the busiest transfer depots in the city, and a transit police hub.
This week, with federal agents deployed throughout the city as a new school year begins, Heather Harding has been stationed outside the Metro entrance, watching.