As most government activities remain shut down in Washington D.C. due to budget gridlock, the National Guard remains on patrol across the nation’s capital.

The National Guard has exceeded its fiscal 2025 recruiting goals with the Air National Guard and Army National Guard combining to recruit nearly 50,000 new enlistees, officials announced Sept. 23.

One in four Pennsylvanians between the ages of 17 and 24 years old will join the National Guard. That’s a good number, National Guard leaders said, but the problem is getting people to stay. “We do compete with competitive benefits in the civilian sector,

About 120 soldiers from the Michigan Army National Guard will be deployed Friday to the U.S. southern border to assist federal law enforcement. The Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs announced the move Thursday, Oct. 16, saying the soldiers are anticipated to be deployed for up to a year.

Video captured National Guard troops, some wearing patches appearing to be from Texas, arriving Tuesday at a suburban Chicago Army Reserve facility, one day after a judge urged the Trump administration to "pause" deployments.

A spokesperson for the state Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, which oversees the guard, said agents arrived on the property "without prior notice and without permission."

President Trump keeps threatening to send National Guard troops to San Francisco, calling it crime-ridden and claiming residents want federal help