National Guard

Gov. Andy Beshear spoke out on Wednesday about calling in the National Guard, saying, “Our goal is to make sure that we can keep everybody safe.” The governor also called for peaceful demonstrations after armed members of the alt-right group Three Percenters were seen walking downtown Louisville.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has put the Illinois National Guard in “a state of readiness” Tuesday ahead of a possible announcement of criminal charges in the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was shot to death in March by police officers in Louisville, Kentucky. The decision was made after a Tuesday morning meeting between Pritzker and Mayor Lori...

Multiple wildfires are burning across California after a weekend of record heat. Firefighters are preparing for conditions to worsen as dry winds are expected.

It’s a refrain heard often from President Donald Trump when there’s unrest in the streets: Send in the National Guard.

A Pentagon reports concludes that the use of National Guard reconnaissance planes in four U.S. cities to monitor the widespread protests earlier this year didn’t violate rules against the military collecting intelligence on Americans

Following looting, chaos and clashes in Chicago for the second time this summer, calls have been renewed for the National Guard to be deployed in the city. But both Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot have said it’s not necessary. Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin said in a statement early Monday that it’s “time to...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot discusses overnight chaos that erupted downtown early Monday and resulted in more than 100 arrests and left 13 officers injured.

The head of U.S. Park Police is denying that his officers violently turned on protesters near the White House to clear the area for a photo event by President Donald Trump

A state official says a Louisville barbecue cook was fatally shot by a National Guard member

The clash between D.C.’s mayor and the president over federal troops on city streets has escalated.  As racial justice demonstrations continue in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, Mayor Muriel Bowser shared a letter Friday that she sent to President Donald Trump. She requested the withdrawal of “all extraordinary federal law enforcement and military presence from Washington,...

After recommending governors deploy more National Guard troops Monday, President Donald Trump said he would take action if states didn’t heed the suggestion. “I will deploy the U.S. military and quickly solve the problem for them,” he said.

On Sunday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced hundreds of Illinois National Guard troops would be deployed across Chicago and condemned violence amid unrest in the city. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports

Tens of thousands of protesters have again taken to the streets across America.

Tense protests over the death of George Floyd and other police killings of black people grew Saturday from New York to Tulsa to Los Angeles

With more rain and potential flooding in store, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker activated dozens of Illinois National Guard soldiers to help with the state’s response. As of Thursday, four Illinois counties have declared local disasters for flooding. Pritzker also issued a state disaster proclamation for Grundy, Pike, Scott and Morgan counties. “The declaration will ensure state support to communities...

Milder Inland, Still Cooler Along The Lake

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo made an emotional speech to the National Guard on Friday, thanking them for converting the Jacob K. Javits Center in Manhattan into a hospital.

March 24 briefing: Brig. Gen. Richard Neely, Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard, addresses balancing needs inside hospitals and at coronavirus testing sites in Illinois.

A German shepherd helped firefighters find his owners’ two young children as flames ripped through the family’s central Florida home, authorities said.