National Guard has recent source-backed changes around Supreme Court Stands Up to Trump on Mail Voting and a Few Key Issues and The effectiveness and cost of the National Guard deployment in D.C.
0 sources · 6 signals · 7 changes
Latest knowledge change
The justices take their time and pick their spots, but they have rejected presidential initiatives on tariffs, citizenship, the National Guard — and now the coming election.
It has now been one year since President Trump declared a "crime emergency" in the nation's capital and deployed thousands of members of the National Guard to its streets. Questions continue to mount over the mission's cost, its legality and its effectiveness in fighting crime. Lisa Desjardins discussed more with Richa.
Today marks one year since the National Guard was deployed to the nation's capital. Here's what has happened since. And, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake leaves more than 100 people dead in Colombia. (Image credit: Joaquin Sarmiento).
President Trump's deployment of the National Guard hits the one year mark next week. The presence of armed, uniformed troops on the street has become increasingly normalized in the capital.
The deployment of National Guard troops and federal agents into the streets has been expensive. How effective it has been is debatable.
Residents and a new cadre of local officials see in it an unacceptable attempt by the federal government to restrict the heavily Democratic city's autonomy.