Former Trump official slams National Guard deployment to DC
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has signed an order authorizing roughly 2,000 of the National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C. to carry weapons, two U.S. officials told NBC News
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered National Guard troops to start carrying firearms while patrolling the streets of Washington for President Donald Trump's law enforcement crackdown, the Pentagon said Friday.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that National Guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington for President Trump's law enforcement crackdown will be armed, the Pentagon said.
Protesters heckled Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as they walked through Union Station in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday (August 20) to meet National Guard troops at the station.
Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited Washington, D.C.'s Union Station to spend time with National Guard troops who were called in to assist D.C. police in a federal crime crackdown.
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JD Vance, Pete Hegseth Heckled Visiting Guard Members At Shake Shack
Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were booed and heckled loudly during an afternoon trip to the Union Station to meet with National Guard troops at Shake Shack in Washington,