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Some National Guard troops in Washington set to carry firearms

The National Guard presence in D.C. is set to increase in the coming days after the governors of some Republican states ...

New Mexico’s governor called in the state’s National Guard to address crime issues. Here’s how they’re being used

In New Mexico’s most populous city, National Guard troops are listening to the police dispatch calls, monitoring traffic ...

West Virginia, South Carolina, Ohio to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to D.C.

The moves come as federal agents and National Guard troops have begun to appear across the heavily Democratic city after ...

Sen. Van Hollen says an armed National Guard in DC would be ‘troubling’

ABC News’ Martha Raddatz interviews Sen. Chris Van Hollen on “This Week" over President Trump deploying the National Guard to ...

More National Guard Soldiers Head to D.C. and Prepare to Carry Weapons

The shift comes after defense officials said the soldiers deployed to the capital wouldn’t be armed.

Despite Trump’s tough tone now, things were much worse in Washington when the National Guard was rolled out in 1968

It’s a noticeably different situation than the chaotic one that prompted the biggest military callup in Washington since the ...

Local group plans protest of Gov. DeWine helping Donald Trump with National Guard troops

A group is planning a protest Aug. 17 against Mike DeWine sending 150 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C.

Trial over California National Guard deployment concludes as judge questions limits of president's authority

The trial over President Trump's deployment of thousands of National Guard troops to Los Angeles earlier this summer reached ...