Trump to deploy National Guard across 19 states
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President Trump has suggested that Chicago could be the next city to see federal troops deployed in an effort to crack down on crime, despite the city seeing a significant decline in violent crime during the first half of the year.
Deployments by troops from Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia will nearly double the force that Trump has deployed amid a crackdown on crime.
In President Trump’s second term, many of his most high-profile initiatives have doubled as opportunities to test the loyalty of Republican leaders.
Vice President JD Vance says National Guard troops are making substantial progress tackling crime in Washington, D.C., and suggests their mission may extend beyond 30 days.
While National Guard members from three states head to Washington, D.C. to patrol the capital under the command of President Donald Trump, lawmakers in Massachusetts have advanced a bill to