National Guard

Mexico’s president has begun exploring plans to sidestep congress to hand formal control of the National Guard to the army. That could extend the military’s control over policing in a country with high levels of violence.

The Department of Defense has denied D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s request for the National Guard to help with the influx of migrants in the District, NBC News reports.

“President Trump gave no order to deploy the National Guard that day, and he made no effort to work with the Department of Justice to coordinate and to support and deploy law enforcement assets,” Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, said Thursday.

The incident unfolded on the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, about 140 miles from San Antonio.

A total of 700 National Guard members have been activated in the D.C-area ahead of next week’s State of the Union address Tuesday night and potential trucker convoy-related protests.

Dozens of National Guard Army and Air Force troops in New Mexico have been stepping into a different kind of emergency: the shortage of teachers and school staff members.

All over the U.S., state National Guard units are seeing dramatic reenlistment rates, even as their troops juggle near constant duties with COVID-19, natural disasters and other military deployments.

President Joe Biden detailed Thursday his administration’s efforts to double its procurement of rapid COVID-19 tests and make high-quality masks available for free as coronavirus cases continue to spike nationwide.

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is set to recommend contempt charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Monday as lawmakers seek his testimony about President Donald Trump’s discussions and actions before the attack by his supporters.

A former D.C. National Guard official is accusing two Army generals of lying under oath in congressional testimony about the military’s response to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Col. Earl Matthews wrote in a 36-page memo to the House select committee investigating the attack that Gen. Charles Flynn, who served as deputy chief of staff for operations on Jan....

A gang has rammed vehicles into a prison in central Mexico and escaped with nine inmates

Hundreds of Wisconsin National Guard troops have been activated in preparation for a possible verdict next week in the Kenosha murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, according to Gov. Tony Evers’ office.

Jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial were dismissed for the the weekend Thursday following a day during which prosecutors clashed with the judge yet again. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

A growing migrant caravan has filled the town square here after knocking off another 13 miles of its trek across southern Mexico

In some Massachusetts communities, you could see bus drivers wearing fatigues on Thursday. That’s because members of the National Guard are already practicing bus routes in several cities and towns across the state. The guard started learning routes and bus stops in Chelsea, Lowell and Lynn on Thursday. Guard members went through training on Wednesday. They underwent medical exams,...

Oregon’s governor says she will deploy up to 1,500 National Guard troops to hospitals around the state to support healthcare workers as COVID-19 surges amid the rapid spread of the Delta variant.

A 19-year-old active member of the National Guard was shot and killed this weekend on Chicago’s Northwest Side, leaving his family heartbroken and searching for answers.

National Guard troops are set to leave the U.S. Capitol and turn over security of the area to Capitol Police

United Airlines is on a mission to put more people of color and women in the cockpit of an airplane. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports

New details from the deadly riot of Jan. 6 are in a previously undisclosed document prepared by the Pentagon for internal use.