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The headlines documenting President Donald Trump’s plan to send federal troops to San Francisco followed a familiar arc. “Trump claims ‘unquestioned power’ in vow to send troops to San Francisco,” The Guardian reported on Oct. 20, 2025. The next day, the San Francisco Chronicle blared: “S.F. threatens to sue if…

D.C. Guard deployment will remain, but could be cut in half if red states quietly back away from Trump’s crime suppression campaign

Hearings are set in two states over the deployment of the National Guard as part of President Donald Trump's crime-fighting efforts

A federal judge in Oregon has once again barred President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Oregon until at least Friday

A newly revealed Pentagon directive instructs every state to train riot-control units within their National Guards—raising questions about federal overreach and the growing militarization of domestic emergencies.

Military leaders have ordered the National Guard in every state to develop a “quick reaction force” of troops trained to deal with civil disturbances and riots that can be ready to deploy with just hours’ notice

Many active duty troops live paycheck to paycheck and survive on only one income

Rapid-response units to be trained up in use of batons and body shields to quell civil disturbances in U.S. cities, according to interal memo

At President Trump’s direction, Gov. Greg Abbott authorized the deployment of hundreds of troops to Illinois to “safeguard” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.