Tag: U.S. National Guard
Democrats push $3.7B bill to secure Capitol; GOP offers less
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are proposing $3.7 billion in emergency spending to bolster security at the Capitol, repay outstanding debts from the Jan. 6...
Records: Iowa troopers going to border at ‘no cost to Texas’
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Agreements released Monday show Iowa is donating the use of state troopers and their equipment at “no cost to Texas”...
Afghan vet: ‘What have we ended up with at the end of it?’
Images of the World Trade Center towers collapsing in New York were still fresh in the minds of the first American troops arriving in...
Noem: GOP donor’s $1M for National Guard was a ‘surprise’
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said late Thursday it came as a surprise when a billionaire GOP donor reached out...
National Guard: Human error caused fatal NY helicopter crash
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Human error caused the crash of an Army National Guard helicopter during a January training exercise in upstate New York that...
South Dakota to send National Guard troops to Texas
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that she will join a growing list of Republican governors sending law enforcement...
3 servicemen dead in Russian helicopter crash
MOSCOW — Russia’s National Guard said three of its members died Thursday evening when a helicopter crashed during a training flight south of St....
Takeaways: Senate report on ‘absolutely brutal’ Jan. 6 siege
WASHINGTON — A Senate report examining the security failures surrounding the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol says missed intelligence, poor planning and multiple...
2 with high-altitude sickness rescued off Alaska glacier
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two mountaineers experiencing high-altitude sickness were taken to a hospital in Anchorage after spending days in the wild, officials said Wednesday....
Mexico raids building project next to Teotihuacán pyramids
MEXICO CITY — Mexico sent in 250 National Guard troops and 60 police officers Monday to seize land next to the pre-Hispanic ruins of...