The National Guard has been deployed many times historically. Experts say the president's decision to deploy the Guard as a blanket response to crime in D.C. is a departure from its intended mission.

In a mostly virtual gathering, National Guard members and security cooperation leaders convened earlier this month for a Defense

The 135 Louisiana National Guard troops sent to join President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime and homelessness in Washington D.C. had arrived Wednesday to help local law enforcement — and they will stay there “as long as the President needs them,” Gov. Jeff Landry said Wednesday.

Former National Guard Vice Chief Major General Randy E. Manner says deploying the Guard to D.C. will ruin how the average American views the military.

Two Members of the District of Columbia National Guard alerted local law enforcement to a potentially life-threatening situation

Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith gathered at the 113th Airlift Wing in St. Paul to announce over $5 million has been approved in the Senate. The money will help design and build a newer and bigger aircraft hangar that would allow them to store and maintain the new C130J plane that will arrive next year.

NBC News Justice Reporter Ryan Reilly joins Meet the Press NOW to report on the National Guard’s increased patrol around Washington, D.C., as six Republican states pledge to send their troops to the capital city.

The Republican governors of West Virginia, South Carolina, Ohio, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee announced they will send National Guard troops to Washington, DC, in an escalation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to federally take over law enforcement in the city.