Trump Plans Ride-Along with Troops in Washington, DC, Crackdown
President Trump said he’s planning to ride along Thursday night with troops patrolling Washington, D.C., as part of his federal crackdown. “I’m going to be going out tonight, I think, with the police and with the military,” Trump told conservative commentator Todd Starnes. “So we’re going to do a job. The National Guard is great. […]
Activist and Trump Confidant Seeks to Oust Army Secretary
Far-right political activist and close confidant to President Donald Trump Laura Loomer launched an unusual public attack on Army Secretary Dan Driscoll after the service marked the anniversary of a Medal of Honor recipient’s heroism. Loomer criticized a post Friday on X in which the Army commemorated retired Capt. Florent Groberg’s actions in Afghanistan, which […]
'We're Going to Take Our Capital Back': Trump Calls for DC Deployments Despite Falling Crime Rates
President Donald Trump announced plans to deploy 800 members of the District of Columbia National Guard to the nation’s capital Monday morning, claiming it’s part of an effort to crack down on violent crime in the city even as crime has fallen precipitously in the past two years. Notably, the order’s text also paves the […]
A Man Is Halted Climbing the US-Mexico Border Wall. Under New Trump Rules, US Troops Sound the Alarm
NOGALES, Ariz. — Inside an armored vehicle, an Army scout uses a joystick to direct a long-range optical scope toward a man perched atop the U.S.-Mexico border wall cutting across the hills of this Arizona frontier community. The man lowers himself toward U.S. soil between coils of concertina wire. Shouts ring out, an alert is […]
Alexander Vindman, Key Witness in First Trump Impeachment, May Run for US Senate in Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Alexander Vindman — the now-retired Army officer whose testimony provided critical evidence in the first impeachment of President Donald Trump — is now living a much quieter life in Broward County. Heavily involved in public policy and politics, he’d return to a much higher profile if he decides to run for […]
Trump Nominates Army Veteran, VA Adviser as Under Secretary for Benefits
Karen Brazell, a senior adviser to Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins, has been nominated to head the Veterans Benefits Administration — the section of the VA that manages $189 billion in benefits for nearly six million veterans and family members. The White House sent a notification Monday to the Senate committee that will […]
Trump Watches Army Demonstration at Fort Bragg as He Faces Criticism for Deploying Military to LA
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — President Donald Trump watched the U.S. Army demonstrate a missile strike, a helicopter assault and a building raid at Fort Bragg on Tuesday, celebrating the 250th anniversary of that branch of the military while he deployed members of another — the U.S. Marines — to Los Angeles to join the National […]
The Army Turns 250. Trump Turns 79. Cue Funnel Cakes, Festive Bling, Military Might — and Protest
WASHINGTON (AP) — There were funnel cakes, stands of festival bling and American flags aplenty. There were mighty machines of war, brought out to dazzle and impress. And there was the spray of tear gas against demonstrators in Los Angeles and Atlanta, and rolling waves of anti-Trump resistance coast to coast. In scenes of celebration, […]
Army Officials Pushed Back on Pop-Up MAGA Shop Ahead of Fort Bragg Trump Speech
Ahead of President Donald Trump’s rally-style appearance at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Tuesday, Army officials raised alarms over a vendor planning to sell Trump-branded merchandise on site. They feared selling the merchandise could undermine the military’s carefully maintained image of political neutrality, according to two officials familiar with the internal pushback. But on Tuesday, […]
'Deeply Negative Message': Relatives of Fort Gregg-Adams' Namesakes React to Trump Renaming
Relatives of the late Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity Adams-Earley anticipated it, but when President Donald Trump announced their parents’ names would be stripped from the Virginia base, they were still surprised. Trump, in front of a crowd of Army soldiers Tuesday at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, said “for a little breaking […]