Some National Guard units patrolling the nation’s capital at the direction of President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms.

Some National Guard units in Washington start carrying firearms as Trump threatens additional cities with deployments

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday that President Donald Trumpwould chair a meeting on Gaza at the White House on Wednesday and added that Washington expected Israel's war in the Palestinian territory to be settled by the end of the year.

A demonstrator blocks a highway during a protest demanding the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas and calling for the end of the war in the Gaza Strip, near Modiin, Israel, Tuesday, Aug.

President Donald Trump called for an end “soon” to Israel’s conflict with Hamas, even as he’s continued to back Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and declined to urge him by name to stop his military’s stepped up campaign in the Gaza Strip.

President Donald Trump began Monday by signing executive orders in the Oval Office, targeting cashless bail and flag-burning. He then hosts South Korean President Lee Jae-myung. Trump continued to defend the administration's actions in Washington,

President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders Monday aiming to end cashless bail in Washington and pressure other cities to also eliminate the practice, the latest effort by the White House to overhaul the nation’s criminal justice system.

President Trump signed new executive orders targeting crime including revoking federal funding from states with cashless bail and making flag burning a crime. He's also threatening to deploy armed National Guard troops to cities like Chicago and Baltimore after already sending forces to Washington D.