National Guard
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to say whether he would follow court rulings on President Trump's troop deployment to Los Angeles during a hearing Thursday. -
Trump's National Guard Troops Deployed for LA Protests Are Still Unpaid, Sleeping on Cots Outdoors: Report
Thousands of National Guard soldiers deployed in Los Angeles are waiting on pay and benefits because of delays in paperwork authorizing their activation. -
Trump Insists He 'Can't Call in the National Guard Unless Requested' in Resurfaced Clip After Deploying Troops for LA Protests
In 2020, during ongoing protests, President Trump claimed he lacked the authority to deploy the National Guard, contradicting his directives over the weekend. -
Ex-National Guard Official Condemns Trump's 'Inappropriate' Deployment for LA Protests: 'Bad for All Americans Concerned About States Rights'
President Trump ignored California Gov. Gavin Newsom's formal request to rescind his "unlawful deployment of troops in Los Angeles county," prompting bipartisan blowback. -
LAPD Condemns Feds for Creating 'Hazardous Conditions,' Limiting Officers' Responses to Calls
Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell slammed the federal government for not coordinating with the city before deploying 2,000 National Guard troops on Saturday. -
U.S. to charge Venezuela's National Guard chief with drug trafficking
U.S. prosecutors are preparing to unveil drug trafficking charges against the head of Venezuela's National Guard, according to people familiar with the case, as the United States investigates the suspected involvement of senior Venezuelan officials in the cocaine trade. -
At least six U.S. states move to arm National Guard offices
The governors of Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Indiana on Saturday ordered National Guard members at offices and other facilities to be armed in the wake of attacks that left five servicemen dead in Tennessee. -
Pentagon says security at bases in U.S. highest in four years
The U.S. military has ordered security at its bases around the United States to the highest level in nearly four years, Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said on Friday. -
Marchers protest police violence in Baltimore, New York
Protesters marched against police violence in cities from New York to Denver on Wednesday, and a large demonstration in Baltimore ended peacefully two days after rioting over the death of a black man injured in police custody. -
St. Louis-area mall closes on Black Friday as Ferguson protests spread
Demonstrators shut down a shopping mall near Ferguson, Missouri, at the start of the holiday shopping season on Friday as protests over the killing of an unarmed black teen by a white police officer turned on some retailers around the country. -
More than 400 arrested as Ferguson protests spread to other U.S. cities
National Guard troops and police aimed to head off a third night of violence on Wednesday in Ferguson, Missouri, as more than 400 people have been arrested in the St. Louis suburb and around the United States in civil unrest after a white policeman was cleared in the killing of an unarmed black teenager. -
More troops deployed in Ferguson to guard against fresh riots
Missouri's governor ordered hundreds more National Guard troops on Tuesday to the St. Louis suburb rocked by rioting after a white policeman was cleared in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, while the local mayor said the governor did not do enough to protect businesses from looting. -
Texas to draw down guard troops on border in early 2015: official
Texas plans to begin winding down its deployment of state National Guard troops to the border with Mexico around March or April of next year, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst told reporters on Wednesday. -
Ukraine prosecutor opens criminal case against Russian officials
Ukrainian state prosecutors said on Tuesday they had opened a criminal investigation against a Russian law enforcement agency, accusing it of supporting separatist and "terrorist" groups in the east of the country. -
Mexico President slams Texas governor over border crackdown
Texas Gov. Rick Perry's deployment of National Guard troops on the U.S.-Mexican border is "reprehensible" and puts neighborly relations at risk, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said in an interview published on Friday. -
Calm holds in streets of Ferguson, Missouri two weeks after police shooting
Two weeks after a white policeman shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, smaller, quieter street protests prevailed at the weekend, while supporters of the officer rallied separately and called the shooting justified. -
National Guard start pullout as protests in Ferguson turn calmer
Missouri's governor ordered National Guard troops to withdraw from the riot-weary town of Ferguson on Thursday as tensions eased after nearly two weeks of racially charged protests over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teenager. -
Governor Rick Perry announces plan to amp up Texas-Mexico border with 1,000 National Guards
Perry, who has been a vocal critic of the Obama administration's efforts to the border crisis has also said that the state of Texas has a responsibility to act after the supposed "lip service" the federal government has been providing in response to the undocumented immigrant issue. Fox News said Perry is mulling to run for the second time as president in 2016.
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