Do images show National Guard illegally guarding DC ballot drop box? What posts get right, wrong
Federal law criminalizes deploying federal troops or armed federal law enforcement agents to places where elections are held.
DC asks National Guard to keep troops away from ballot drop boxes, election board says
The D.C. Board of Elections told the National Guard to keep troops away from ballot drop boxes, alleging voter interference. The outcry came after a left-wing account on X posted a video, dated ...
National Guard deployments
The Trump administration has deployed or threatened to deploy National Guard troops and increase federal law enforcement presence in American cities, particularly those led by Democrats. The moves ...
The Washington Informer
Nearly 3,000 Guard Troops Remain in D.C. as Louisiana Sends More
National Guard numbers in D.C. fell below 3,000 as 11 states withdrew troops, yet the Pentagon plans to extend the mission ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
One year later: More than 500 Georgia National Guard troops remain in D.C.
Both candidates for governor, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Rick Jackson, pledged to review the Georgia National Guard’s deployment in Washington, which is the largest of any state. Members of the National ...
Stars and Stripes
National Guard awards $292 million contract to provide ‘apartment-style’ housing for troops in DC
WASHINGTON — The National Guard Bureau has awarded a $292 million contract to Placmakr to provide up to 2,000 apartment-style lodging units for troops mobilized to the nation’s capital. “We brought ...
ACLU argues in SC Supreme Court: Gov. Henry McMaster can’t deploy troops to Washington, DC
Grayson Lambert, an attorney for Gov. Henry McMaster's office, defends the legality of his decision to deploy South Carolina National Guard troops to Washington D.C. during a special session of the ...
Newsday
Democratic-led states face backlash over National Guard deployments in Washington
WASHINGTON — A National Guard deployment to the nation's capital has ballooned during the celebrations of the country's 250th anniversary of independence, bolstered in part by contingents from ...