With several states deploying some troops to Washington, D.C., the nation's capital has around 2,000 National Guard troops deployed.

Hegseth teamed up with Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to create the 94-second video, doing what they are calling the “Pete and Bobby Challenge”—50 pull-ups and 100 push-ups in under five minutes.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has expressed pride in being part of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, a conservative Christian network.

Trump invoked Section 740 of the 1973 D.C. Home Rule Act, allowing federal control for 30 days, with congressional approval required for extensions.

Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the Department of Defense to challenge Sec. Pete Hegseth to a pullup and pushup competition, dubbed the “Pete and Bobby challenge.”

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reposted the video profiling Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson, who opposes same-sex marriage.

An estimated 1,900 troops are being deployed in D.C. with more than half are coming from GOP-led states responding to the Trump admin.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced off in the "Pete & Bobby Challenge," a competition where they challenged each other to 50 pull-ups and 100 push-ups.

During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing several weeks ago, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth got into a heated exchange with Congressman Seth Moulton. Hegseth failed to answer whether or not he would take accountability for his mistakes,