President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday tasking his secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, with establishing ...

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WASHINGTON ( DC News Now) — Many National Guard members in D.C. are now carrying weapons during their patrols. As of Monday ...

The order directs Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to "ensure state National Guards are similarly trained and ready to assist ...

An executive order released on Monday directs the creation of specialized Guard units to quell civil disturbances in each ...

Trump earlier this summer called up the California National Guard to quell protests over immigration enforcement in Los ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo late last week authorizing National Guard troops deployed in Washington, D.C., ...

A majority of the National Guard troops deployed to D.C. as part of President Trump's crime crackdown will now carry M17 ...

With several states deploying some troops to Washington, D.C., the nation's capital has around 2,000 National Guard troops ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has authorized members of the National Guard who are patrolling Washington, D.C., to ...

Bringing prominent White House support to the streets of Washington, Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete ...

The Pentagon carried the Department of War label until 1949, when it was rebranded amid post–World War II restructuring.