Tonight, National Guard troops on the streets of Washington, D.C. as part of the president's plan to fight crime, new reporting on what these soldiers will actually be doing.

Then the White House scrambles to prepare for the Trump-Putin summit set on Friday, what we know and don't know about this high-stakes meeting.

Plus, money power politics tonight.

We are digging into today's inflation report and looking at the troubling signs beneath

the surface as the 11th hour gets underway on this Tuesday night.

Good evening.

Once again, I am Stephanie Ruhl, and it is day 205 of the second Trump administration.

Earlier today, National Guard troops and federal agents arrived in Washington, D.C., as part of the president's new anti-crime push.

An attorney general Pam Bondi met with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to lay out the

president's plan. NBC's Courtney Kuby has those details. Tonight, hundreds of National Guard

troops reporting for duty, awaiting deployment around the nation's capital, acting on President

Trump's orders after he declared a crime emergency, activating 800 Guard members and instituting

a 30-day federal takeover of D.C. police, despite police statistics that show violent crime

is declining here. We've been watching members of the D.C. National Guard trickle in one by one

all day here at the D.C. Armory. Soon as many as 200 at any time will be in neighborhoods like this, where a

defense official tells NBC News, they'll be supporting law enforcement with activities like

crowd management, perimeter control, and other security assistance. Most guard members won't be

armed and won't be making arrests, according to the defense official. Instead, their support is

intended to free up law enforcement to fight crime.

The White House says its push is already well underway.

Last night, approximately 850 officers and agents were surged across the city.

They made a total of 23 arrests.

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