{
  "id": 614256,
  "title": "The effectiveness and cost of the National Guard deployment in D.C.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/the-effectiveness-and-cost-of-the-national-guard-deployment-in-d-c",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T22:35:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-effectiveness-and-cost-of-the-national-guard-deployment-in-d-c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "It has now been one year since President Trump declared a \"crime emergency\" in the nation's capital and deployed thousands of members of the National Guard to its streets. Questions continue to mount over the mission's cost, its legality and its effectiveness in fighting crime. Lisa Desjardins discussed more with Richard Hahn of the Niskanen Center's Criminal Justice Department.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}