National Guard

The Pentagon is developing plans to restructure the National Guard in Washington, D.C., in a move to address problems highlighted by the chaotic response to the Jan. 6 riot and safety breaches during 2020 protests over George Floyd’s murder.

The CDC recently announced it had identified five cases of locally transmitted malaria in the United States, the first such cases in 20 years.

The family of Jack Teixeira issued a statement of support for the first time since his April 13 arrest. The 21-year-old is facing charges under the Espionage Act.

The highly classified documents are alleged to have been leaked by Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman.

A Tennessee Air National Guardsman has been arrested after federal agents say he responded to a parody website promoting jobs for hitmen.

A home security camera in Alabama appeared to capture the moment something fell from the sky. The object resembles a helicopter and falls near the Black Hawk helicopter crash.

A home surveillance camera captured the moment an object resembling a helicopter appears to fall from the sky near the crash site.

A man who was serving in the Air National Guard died after he fell while snowboarding at an indoor ski park inside a New Jersey mall, officials and family members said.

U.S. Army officials say investigators have launched a broad review of at least 1,900 National Guard and Reserve soldiers who were swept up in a recruiting bonus scandal up to a decade ago and may have been wrongly blamed and punished. Army officials announced Thursday that its Criminal Investigation Division will review all cases and correct the records. Division Director...

Mexico’s president has begun exploring plans to sidestep congress to hand formal control of the National Guard to the army. That could extend the military’s control over policing in a country with high levels of violence.

The Department of Defense has denied D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s request for the National Guard to help with the influx of migrants in the District, NBC News reports.

Gov. Abbott is taking a big step to address the surge of migrants crossing the Texas border. He’s authorizing the National Guard and state police to round up undocumented immigrants — and return them to the nearest official border crossing. Experts say that’s illegal. Scott Gordon reports.

“President Trump gave no order to deploy the National Guard that day, and he made no effort to work with the Department of Justice to coordinate and to support and deploy law enforcement assets,” Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, said Thursday.