Later, the National Defense Act of 1916 required that all states refer to their state militias as National Guards. Throughout our nation’s history the National Guard has played an important role ...

BALTIMORE — The Army National Guard’s 2025 National Best Warrior Competition officially kicked off this week in Maryland, ...

Roughly 2,000 National Guard troops across multiple states are expected to be mobilized to help Immigration and Customs ...

This year's edition of the summer Northern Strike exercise involves 7,500 soldiers from 36 states and territories, along with ...

After President Trump federalized California National Guard troops in response to anti-ICE riots in LA, Gov. Gavin Newsom ...

Trump admin. can deploy National Guard to L.A. for now, appeals court rules A federal appeals court temporarily halted a judge's ruling that had blocked the Trump administration from deploying ...

An appeals court is allowing President Donald Trump to keep control of National Guard troops he deployed to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids.

WASHINGTON – The possibility of the Trump administration sending National Guard troops on immigration raids outside their own state could cause a legal clash between states – and with the ...

National Guard members can be deployed by the governors of their resident states and by the president of the U.S. Statewide mobilizations often are to support communities during and after natural ...

At the time, the National Guard made up 15% of the 67,000 troops in Afghanistan and 7% of the 144,000 in Iraq. State efforts to seize authority over the Guard have been a relatively obscure issue ...

Another law, the Posse Comitatus Act, generally prohibits the military from being used within the United States. The 2,000 National Guard troops are only deployed to protect ICE officers.