National Guard Archives

November 28, 2025 10:34 AM

National Guard member dies as ambush in US capital becomes political flashpoint

A National Guard member died on Thursday after being shot near the White House in an ambush that investigators say was carried out by an Afghan national, an attack President Donald Trump blamed on Biden-era immigration vetting failures as he ordered ...

October 29, 2025 10:45 AM

Trump tells US troops he is ready to send ‘more than the National Guard’ into cities

U.S. President Donald Trump has told U.S. troops he was prepared to send "more than the National Guard" into U.S. cities if needed, in the latest demonstration of his willingness to escalate a confrontation with Democratic-led local governments that ...

August 12, 2025 11:50 AM

Trump takes over DC police in extraordinary move, deploys National Guard in capital

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city's police department, an extraordinary assertion of presidential power in the nation's capital. Trump's move, whi...

June 13, 2025 9:31 AM

Trump can keep National Guard deployed to Los Angeles for now, appeals court rules

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to maintain his deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles amid protests over stepped-up immigration enforcement, temporarily pausing a lower court's ruling blocking the mobiliza...

June 11, 2025 11:44 AM

US Marines arrive in Los Angeles; California governor warns ‘democracy under assault’

Hundreds of U.S. Marines arrived in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday under orders from President Donald Trump, ratcheting up tensions in America's second largest city, as California's governor warned "democracy is under assault." Trump's extraordinar...

June 9, 2025 11:02 AM

Does U.S. law allow Trump to send troops to quell protests?

President Donald Trump has deployed National Guard troops to California after two days of protests by hundreds of demonstrators against immigration raids, saying that the protests interfered with federal law enforcement and framing them as a possible...

June 9, 2025 10:48 AM

Political divide widens as Trump deploys National Guard to Los Angeles

Republicans and Democrats traded barbs on Sunday after President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles amid massive protests against increasing and divisive immigration raids. "Important to remember that Trump isn't trying to heal ...