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PBS News Hour

News Wrap: Pentagon says troops will carry firearms in D.C.

Season 2025 Episode 234 | 6m 22s

In our news wrap Friday, the Pentagon says National Guard troops will start carrying firearms in D.C. as part of President Trump’s security crackdown of the city, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the White House says the federal government has taken a 10% stake in Intel and Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from jail in Tennessee as he awaits trial.

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