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DC mayor calls in National Guard ahead of pro-Trump protests

by Lolita C. BaldorAshraf Khalil
| January 4, 2021 3:06 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bracing for possible violence, the nation's capital has mobilized the National Guard ahead of planned protests by President Donald Trump's supporters in connection with the congressional vote expected Wednesday to affirm Joe Biden's election victory.

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