Gov. Henry McMaster agreed to send South Carolina National Guard troops to the nation’s capital after he received a phone call from by the secretary of the Army.

President Donald Trump said Chicago will be the next city that his administration targets for a federal crackdown on crime and suggested a longer and more intense campaign in the nation’s capital.

Trump also dismissed polling showing that most city residents disapprove of the deployment of federal troops, calling them “fake news” and claiming that residents of Chicago and cities are clamoring ...