The Latest Breaking News from National Guard

With his Aug. 11, 2025, announcement that he was sending the National Guard – along with federal law enforcement – into Washington, D.C. to fight crime, President Donald Trump edged U.S. troops closer to the kind of military-civilian confrontations that can cross ethical and legal lines.

Leaders will meet in Anchorage facility home to some 32,000 people

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The presence of troops in the capital is expected to grow over the next week and the president is threatening to take similar tactics to other Democratic cities

President Donald Trump's recent actions have sparked debate over the Posse Comitatus Act, a law from 1878 that limits military involvement in domestic affairs

A general has testified that National Guard troops repeatedly rehearsed their role in an operation at a Los Angeles park intended as a show of force against people protesting immigration raids

The Trump administration is planning to create a new reaction force that would have hundreds of National Guard troops ready to rapidly deploy to American cities across the country

President Trump has activated 800 National Guard members to address what he calls a crime emergency in Washington, D

The one-hour deployment plan for U.S. cities.