We look at the use of the National Guard by President Trump — as well as the Democratic governor of New Mexico — in cities with higher-than-average crime. How effective can we say the Guard have been?
HURRICANES AND wildfires routinely prompt governors to mobilise the National Guard. But until this year, presidents had federalised Guard troops without a governor’s consent only five times. In 2025, ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that 500 more National Guard troops will be deployed to Washington, D.C., after two National Guard members were shot blocks from the White House on Wednesday. “That ...