The D.C. National Guard's federal control structure gives President Trump direct authority to deploy troops, differentiating it from other states' Guard units.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is developing plans to restructure the National Guard in Washington, D.C., in a move to address problems highlighted by the chaotic response to the Jan. 6 riot ...

More than 800 National Guard members secured the nation's capital as the U.S. Army celebrated its 250th birthday. The Guard ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been taken to a hospital in Washington D.C. over an allergic reaction. The ...

President Trump ordered National Guard troops to attempt to quell protests in Los Angeles over the weekend. It’s the first ...

Roughly 60 demonstrators were arrested on Friday outside the U.S. Capitol after breaching a police line of bike racks and ...

WASHINGTON − People attending the Army’s 250 th birthday celebration and military parade in the nation’s capital have been ...

FILE - National Guard vehicles drive along Pennsylvania Avenue NW, as they prepare for protests and demonstrations, June 19, 2020, in Washington. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP, File) Editor’s note ...

The 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment descends from militia who first formed the ranks of the Continental Army on the ...

Since June 7, Trump has deployed more than 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines to Los Angeles against the state's ...

The US National Guard is usually deployed to fight natural disasters, but it can be used for much more than that. What are ...

The District of Columbia has requested National Guard assistance to help stem a "growing humanitarian crisis" prompted by thousands of migrants that have been sent to Washington by governors in ...