Democratic-led states face backlash over National Guard deployments in Washington

A National Guard deployment to Washington, D.C., has ballooned during the celebrations of the country’s 250th anniversary of independence, bolstered in part by contingents from Democratic-led states.

Inside the Coast Guard's July 4 surge operation

The Coast Guard is deploying 1,000 additional personnel and dozens of extra boats to protect July 4 celebrations.
CNN

Following LA and DC, Trump wants to send the National Guard to other US cities. Here’s how he can do it

President Donald Trump is hoping to replicate his law enforcement efforts in Los Angeles and Washington, DC, in cities across the country, with the administration making moves to once again use the US military for its anti-crime agenda. Trump is afforded ...
Deadline.com

Judge Rules Trump’s Continued Deployment Of National Guard In Los Angeles Must Come To An End

A federal judge said that the Trump administration must end its deployment of National Guard in Los Angeles, troops that were sent to the region despite the objections of Governor Gavin Newsom. “The Founders designed our government to be a system of ...
Snopes.com

Video shows National Guard members detaining woman. Here's what we know

In early June 2026, social media users shared a video (archived) they claimed shows three National Guard members in Washington, D.C., throwing a woman to the ground and arresting her for holding a sign on her own front porch. The video circulated online ...
War on the Rocks

Command Responsibility at Home: Governors, the Guard, and Domestic Readiness

Late last year, the Supreme Court blocked an attempted National Guard deployment into the Chicago area — but months earlier, far from the headlines, a federal memo was already reshaping what Guard “readiness” means at home. The Supreme Court’s ...