More than 2,000 National Guardsmen from the District of Columbia and six states have been activated as part of the federal operation in the capital.

Washington’s Columbia Heights, usually lively with vendors, has been abnormally quiet, reflecting the impact of President Donald Trump’s federal law enforcement surge.

Vance dismissed the hecklers as “a bunch of crazy protesters,” saying: “We hear these people outside screaming ‘Free D.C.’ Let’s free D.C. from lawlessness. Let’s free Washington, D.C. from one of th...