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Trump deployed the California National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June against the wishes of Newsom, sparking a monthslong battle in the courts.
Air Force Gen. Gregory Guillot testified the mobilizations are lawful and troops are thoroughly trained to understand the limits of their authorities.
President Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard to a number of U.S. cities has drawn a round of legal challenges by state and local officials.
The individual was vetted to serve as a soldier in Afghanistan, and that vetting standard was used by the Biden administration as a ruse to bring him here.”
Less than six months after President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to Washington, DC, the mission is becoming more perilous and complex — and perhaps more permanent.
A National Guard member died on Thursday after being shot near the White House in an ambush that investigators say was carried out by an Afghan national, an attack President Donald Trump blamed on Biden-era immigration vetting failures as he ordered a sweeping review of asylum cases.
Rahmanullah Lakanwal passed security reviews both when he entered the US during President Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Kabul in 2021 and again when he secured asylum under the Trump
Afghan immigrant accused of National Guard attack in Washington, D.C., was radicalized after arriving in U.S., says Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports.
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Afghan man pleads not guilty in US National Guard shooting
An Afghan man accused of shooting two members of the National Guard near the White House, killing one, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to murder charges. Lakanwal is charged with first-degree murder for the death of Sarah Beckstrom,
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Pentagon leaders defend Trump's mobilization of Guard in US cities
Pentagon leaders faced members of Congress on Thursday for the first time since President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard in American cities.