Senate to question military leaders on Trump’s National Guard deployments

Trump Crime Crackdown Coincides With Sharp Drop in Murders as D.C. Guard Deployment Sparks Legal Fight

A sweeping crime crackdown launched by the Trump administration, including the controversial deployment of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital, has coincided with a steep nationwide decline in murders, according to newly released crime data, even as the effort faces mounting legal and political challenges. President Donald Trump has made restoring law and order [...] The post Trump Crime Crackdown Coincides With Sharp Drop in Murders a…

Courts should end Trump’s deployment of troops to cities

The National Guard soldier who was killed, and her fellow guardsman who was grievously wounded in a shooting attack near the White House, paid a tragic price for President Trump’s wrongful and unnecessary deployment of Guard members to cities run by Democrats. America mourns the death of 20-year-old Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, while millions of us…

Cotton defends Trump’s National Guard deployments to U.S. cities, compares them to Central High crisis | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on Thursday defended President Donald Trump's ability to deploy the National Guard to various cities, a subject of legal challenges and debate among lawmakers.

Pentagon leaders defend Trump’s mobilization of Guard in US cities

Pentagon leaders faced members of Congress on Thursday for the first time since President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard in American cities. During the hearing, held by the Senate Armed Services Committee, Democrats lambasted the mission as an egregious abuse of power by the president, while Republicans contended the effort was “essential” to protect the homeland. In June, Trump — in response to protests against his immigration policie…

Trump’s Guard deployments to blue cities divide US Senate panel • Washington State Standard

Sen. Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island speaks during a U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Dec. 11, 2025, as Chairman Roger Wicker looks on . The hearing examined the Trump Administration's deployment of the National Guard across the United States. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers who oversee armed services policy split along party lines Thursday when examining the deployments of the National Guard t…

General contradicts Trump on 'enemy within' during National Guard hearing

The head of U.S. Northern Command on Thursday contradicted President Trump’s assertion that an “invasion [from] within” or an “enemy within” justifies the commander in chief’s National Guard deployments to American cities. “I do not have any indications of an enemy within,” Gen. Gregory Guillot told Senate Armed Services Committee lawmakers when asked about Trump’s [...]