Some National Guard units patrolling the nation’s capital at the direction of President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms, an escalation of his military deployment that makes good on a directive issued late last week by his defense secretary. The development in Trump’s extraordinary effort to override the law enforcement authority of state and local governments comes as he is considering expanding the deployments to other Democratic-led cities, including Baltimore, Chicago and New York. MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/trump-expands-possible-military-deployment-cities/507-9e177576-dffd-40e3-917d-e4fc89e238cc