National Guard in Each State Is Ordered to Create 'Quick Reaction Forces' Trained in Civil Unrest Military leaders have ordered the National Guard in every state to develop a “quick reaction force” of troops trained to deal...
Alaska’s Largest Airlift Follows Typhoon Halong The largest airlift in Alaska’s history followed Typhoon Halong’s devastating impact on the state’s western coast, where more...
Lawmakers Demand Cost Analysis of Trump Admin's National Guard Deployments President Trump reiterated this week that he wants U.S. cities to be "safe." Democrats on Capitol Hill want to know how much...
Federal Trial to Start Over Trump’s Efforts to Deploy the National Guard in Portland, Oregon A federal trial over whether President Donald Trump can deploy the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, is set to begin...
Trump Backs Off Sending National Guard To San Francisco President Trump backed off plans to send the National Guard into San Francisco after a call with the city's mayor. Immigrant...
New York City Council, Faith Leaders Warn Against National Guard Deployment New York City officials and faith leaders are warning against any federal move to deploy the National Guard in the city...
DC Police Detained Man for Protesting National Guard Patrol With Darth Vader Song, Lawsuit Says A man suing the District of Columbia claims police officers violated his free speech rights when they detained him for...
Federal Agents Sent to San Francisco Area, Which Mayor Says Is Meant to Incite ‘Chaos and Violence’ The U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday it is providing a base of operations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in the...
Most Texans Support Military Involvement at Southern Border: Poll The Trump administration has dramatically minimized illegal immigration through the southern border. But other policy...
Judge Agrees to Extend Block on Guard Deployment in Chicago While Awaiting Supreme Court Ruling President Donald Trump’s attempts to deploy the military in Democratic-led cities over the objections of mayors and governors...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...