US EditionSenate to question military leaders on Trump’s National Guard deployments
Senators questioned Pentagon leaders on legality, costs exceeding $340 million, and impacts on military readiness of National Guard deployments to five U.S. cities under Trump.
- On Thursday, the Senate Armed Services Committee questioned Pentagon officials, including the Pentagon's No. 2 lawyer and the head of U.S. Northern Command, over Trump’s National Guard deployments.
- Trump federalized California National Guard in early June without Gov. Gavin Newsom's consent, calling up more than 4,000 troops; the hearing follows a shooting that killed West Virginia National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom in Washington, D.C.
- A federal judge ruled Nov. 20 that the D.C. deployment was illegal, though a federal appeals court allowed troops to remain while the appeal proceeds.
- The hearing brings the highest level of scrutiny to the deployments, amid recent legal setbacks that the White House says it will appeal, while Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., threatened to block the annual defense bill.
- Amid partisan divisions, lawmakers debated the deployments' justification, with Republican and Democratic senators split over rising crime claims and legality, while FBI and Pew Research Center crime data show many violent crimes fell in recent years.
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Courts should end Trump’s deployment of troops to cities
The National Guard soldier who was killed, and her fellow guardsman who was grievously wounded in a shooting attack near the White House, paid a tragic price for President Trump’s wrongful and unnecessary deployment of Guard members to cities run by Democrats. America mourns the death of 20-year-old Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, while millions of us…
Cotton defends Trump’s National Guard deployments to U.S. cities, compares them to Central High crisis | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on Thursday defended President Donald Trump's ability to deploy the National Guard to various cities, a subject of legal challenges and debate among lawmakers.
Military Times
Army TimesPentagon 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. During the hearing, held by the Senate Armed Services Committee, Democrats lambasted the mission as an egregious abuse of power by the president, while Republicans contended the effort was “essential” to protect the homeland. In June, Trump — in response to protests against his immigration policie…
Trump’s Guard deployments to blue cities divide US Senate panel • Washington State Standard
Sen. Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island speaks during a U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Dec. 11, 2025, as Chairman Roger Wicker looks on . The hearing examined the Trump Administration's deployment of the National Guard across the United States. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers who oversee armed services policy split along party lines Thursday when examining the deployments of the National Guard t…
General contradicts Trump on 'enemy within' during National Guard hearing
The head of U.S. Northern Command on Thursday contradicted President Trump’s assertion that an “invasion [from] within” or an “enemy within” justifies the commander in chief’s National Guard deployments to American cities. “I do not have any indications of an enemy within,” Gen. Gregory Guillot told Senate Armed Services Committee lawmakers when asked about Trump’s [...]
Nebraska Examiner
Trump’s Guard deployments to blue cities divide US Senate panel
Sen. Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island speaks during a U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Dec. 11, 2025, as Chairman Roger Wicker looks on . The hearing examined the Trump Administration's deployment of the National Guard across the United States. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers who oversee armed services policy split along party lines Thursday when examining the deployments of the National Guard t…
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