The pistols and powerful rifles guard members carry are similar to those local police use across the country. Troops have been told to use their weapons only as a last resort.

Many National Guard members in D.C. are now carrying weapons during their patrols. Hollie Strano, Canton Mix 94.1's new weather forecaster, has been temporarily knocked off the air by injury. Here's what happened.

National Guard troops on duty in President Trump’s crackdown in Washington, D.C., began carrying weapons in the capital Sunday evening, according to a spokesman for the National Guard task force. Several members of the Guard from South Carolina were seen late Sunday outside Washington’s Union Station with firearms holstered to their hips.