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Can the President Activate a State’s National Guard?
Donald Trump’s mobilization of the National Guard to quell LA protests is a rare exercise of presidential power.
What Is the National Guard?
The troops that President Trump deployed to Los Angeles are members of a state-based militia that exists in every state and ...
Trump’s historic use of Title 10 and the legal battle to follow
President Donald Trump sidestepped state power over the weekend by activating a rarely used federal authority to deploy 2,000 ...
L.A. unrest live updates: 700 Marines mobilized to support National Guard as immigration protests continue
HOW WE GOT HERE: The protests erupted after Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers on Friday carried out raids in ...
National Guard to be sent to L.A. amid clashes; Newsom calls Hegseth’s threat of Marines ‘deranged’
The Trump administration said it would send 2,000 National Guard troops into Los Angeles after a second day in which ...
How Unusual Is It for the National Guard to Come to LA? Here's What to Know About the City's History
Los Angeles residents and experts say that the National Guard's presence in Los Angeles in response to immigration protests ...
Trump’s troop deployment is a warning sign for what comes next, legal scholars fear
Trump has cited a provision of U.S. law that allows the president to use the National Guard to suppress the “danger of a ...