Hundreds of Active-Duty Troops Already Headed to Texas Border, Officials Say Several hundred troops from Fort Knox and Fort Campbell in Kentucky are already on the move into southern Texas.
Pentagon Will Send Barricades, Helicopters With Troops to Southern Border Additional troops sent to the border will be limited to backing up Customs against the "caravan."
Plan to House Migrant Children on Military Bases Shelved Indefinitely The Trump administration appears to have shelved a plan to house migrant kids on military bases in the southwest.
Trump's Border Wall Could Derail Funding for New Coast Guard Icebreaker The Coast Guard's top officer said Wednesday that the U.S. can't afford to delay its presence in the Arctic.
Op-Ed: His Eyes Lifted Toward the Sky Sarah Holzhalb wonders if the migrants her Coast Guard boat scooped up are alive today, and what lives they returned to.
Apaches and Reapers Available for Border Mission, Guard General Says National Guard leaders said troops aiding border security could be more effective by using sophisticated aerial platforms.
Pentagon Awaits HHS Decision on Housing Migrant Children on Bases The DoD is ready to work with the Department of Health and Human Services on the issue, a Pentagon spokesperson said.
Will National Guard Troops at the Border Be Armed? It Depends The National Guard soldiers and airmen deploying to the border between the United States and Mexico may be armed.
Trump Wants Up to 4,000 Troops at Border; Pentagon Looking for Answers The Pentagon hasn't figured out yet how, when and where to deploy troops to the Mexican border.
National Guard Headed to Mexican Border Once Governors Approve National Guard troops will be sent to help patrol the southern border in lieu of the border wall.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
