National Guard

Gov. Andy Beshear spoke out on Wednesday about calling in the National Guard, saying, “Our goal is to make sure that we can keep everybody safe.” The governor also called for peaceful demonstrations after armed members of the alt-right group Three Percenters were seen walking downtown Louisville.

Multiple wildfires are burning across California after a weekend of record heat. Firefighters are preparing for conditions to worsen as dry winds are expected.

It’s a refrain heard often from President Donald Trump when there’s unrest in the streets: Send in the National Guard.

The former legendary Georgetown hoops coach was a father figure to so many in the D.C. basketball community, including Allen Iverson. 

A Pentagon reports concludes that the use of National Guard reconnaissance planes in four U.S. cities to monitor the widespread protests earlier this year didn’t violate rules against the military collecting intelligence on Americans

Agents used smoke canisters and other agents to clear the area Lafayette Square in June just before the president appeared for a photo-op outside St. John’s Church. News4s Pat Collins reports Park Police are defending the action, but at least one National Guard solider doesn’t feel the same way.

The head of U.S. Park Police is denying that his officers violently turned on protesters near the White House to clear the area for a photo event by President Donald Trump

A state official says a Louisville barbecue cook was fatally shot by a National Guard member

Congress will consider whether to give D.C.’s mayor more control of the D.C. National Guard. The News4 I-Team’s Scott MacFarlane reports.

The clash between D.C.’s mayor and the president over federal troops on city streets has escalated.  As racial justice demonstrations continue in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, Mayor Muriel Bowser shared a letter Friday that she sent to President Donald Trump. She requested the withdrawal of “all extraordinary federal law enforcement and military presence from Washington,...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser requested that the National Guard troops be removed from the District after more recent protests have been peaceful. She also unveiled a new mural and plaza with the phrase “Black Lives Matter.” News4’s Mark Segraves reports from downtown D.C.

The attorney general for Washington, D.C., is pressing the Trump administration and several state governments to justify the legality of their decision to send National Guard troops to the nation’s capital in the wake of street protests. D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine says in letters sent to the U.S. Attorney General, the Defense Secretary and others that he is...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Police Chief Peter Newsham react to prrtests over George Floyd’s death. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says members of the state’s National Guard are in the District of Columbia only to patrol monuments

After recommending governors deploy more National Guard troops Monday, President Donald Trump said he would take action if states didn’t heed the suggestion. “I will deploy the U.S. military and quickly solve the problem for them,” he said.

Tens of thousands of protesters have again taken to the streets across America.

Tense protests over the death of George Floyd and other police killings of black people grew Saturday from New York to Tulsa to Los Angeles

A long-term care facility in Sterling, Virginia, is implementing a new policy requiring staff to have two negative coronavirus tests before returning to work. Falcons Landing has had several employees go in and out of quarantine after testing positive multiple times. “We had three or four staff members who had cleared quarantine, back at work, who are back on quarantine…