The Latest Breaking News from the National Guard

As the Trump administration carries out what many observers say are illegal military strikes against vessels in the Caribbean allegedly smuggling drugs, six Democratic members of Congress issued a video on Nov. 18, 2025, telling the military “You can refuse illegal orders” and “You must refuse illegal orders.”

The White House immediately hit back, saying Trump is well within his lawful authority

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's office says the National Guard will continue supporting a crime-fighting task force ordered by President Donald Trump in Memphis while state lawyers appeal a judge's order that blocked the troops from operating in the city

Hundreds of National Guard troops sent to Portland and Chicago are being sent home and those who will remain will not be on the streets

Violent clashes erupted in Suwayda between the Druze National Guard and Syrian government forces, involving heavy weapons and drones, in the latest major escalation of fighting between the two sides.

X users criticized the cartoon, writing ‘mocking animal cruelty isn’t funny’

President’s decision to bolster urban law enforcement with federal forces in cities like Washington, Los Angeles and Chicago proving hugely costly, according to a report

A federal judge in Oregon has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration failed to meet the legal requirements for deploying the National Guard to Portland

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

Democratic mayor-elect has anticipated Trump’s ‘inevitable’ backlash to his victory

New data show killings dropping dramatically in D.C., Memphis, Chicago and Portland, Ore., where Trump has focused his National Guard plan.