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 […]
National Guard Came to LA to Fight Unrest. Troops Ended Up Fighting Boredom
LOS ANGELES — They were deployed by the Trump administration to combat “violent, insurrectionist mobs” in and around Los Angeles, but in recent days the only thing many U.S. Marines and California National Guard troops seemed to be fighting was tedium. “There’s not much to do,” one Marine said as he stood guard outside the […]
Guardsmen Pulled off LA Mission as State Warns Troops Are 'Stretched Thin' Amid Wildfire Season
Some National Guardsmen deployed by President Donald Trump to Los Angeles last month in response to anti-immigration enforcement protests will be taken off the deployment as California readies for an active, potentially life-threatening wildfire season. U.S. Northern Command said in a statement Tuesday that approximately 150 members of the California National Guard were released from […]
Texas Reduces Number of Troops at Southern Border Amid Response to Planned Protests
The Texas National Guard is deploying thousands of its troops in response to planned protests of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign and is even scaling down some of its forces at the U.S. southern border at the same time. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday that he had deployed more than 5,000 of the […]
Trump’s Deployment of Troops to LA Protest Divides US Governors
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling President Donald Trump’s military intervention at protests over federal immigration policy in Los Angeles an assault on democracy and has sued to try to stop it. Meanwhile, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is putting the National Guard on standby in areas in his state where demonstrations are planned. […]
California Governor Asks Court to Block Trump Administration from Using Troops in Immigration Raids
LOS ANGELES — California Gov. Gavin Newsom asked a federal court Tuesday to block the Trump administration from using the National Guard and Marines to assist with immigration raids in Los Angeles, saying the practice would only heighten tensions. Newsom filed the emergency request after President Donald Trump ordered the deployment to LA of roughly […]
National Guard Troops Arrive in Los Angeles on Trump's Orders to Quell Immigration Protests
LOS ANGELES (AP) — National Guard troops have begun arriving in Los Angeles on orders from President Donald Trump to stamp out protests that have broken out in recent days against federal immigration authorities seeking to carry out deportations in the region. The members of California’s National Guard were seen staging early Sunday at the […]
The US Military Spent $6 Billion in the Past 3 Years to Recruit and Retain Troops
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military spent more than $6 billion over the past three years to recruit and retain service members, in what has been a growing campaign to counter enlistment shortfalls. The financial incentives to reenlist in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines increased dramatically from 2022 through last year, with the […]
Pentagon Sends 1,100 More Troops to Border in Continued Mission Ramp-Up
The Pentagon is sending 1,115 additional troops to the U.S.-Mexico border from over half a dozen units across the different services in support of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, the military announced Thursday. They will join more than 8,000 troops on active-duty orders who have been part of the mission since late January, though a […]
DHS Asks for 20,000 National Guard Troops for Immigration Roundups, Pentagon Reviewing Request
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has asked for 20,000 National Guard troops to assist with immigration roundups across the country, and the Pentagon is reviewing the unusual request, a U.S. official confirmed to The Associated Press. DHS asked for the troops to help carry out President Donald Trump’s “mandate from the American people […]