National Guard

US National Guard troops in Washington to begin carrying weapons, officials say

Hundreds of unarmed National Guard troops have been in Washington's streets for the past two weeks after Trump declared a crime emergency in the district.

A member of the National Guard mounts guard near the US Capitol building, as the House of Representatives debates impeaching US President Donald Trump a week after his supporters stormed the Capitol building in Washington, US, January 13, 2021
 US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he departs for travel to Pennsylvania from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, July 15, 2025; illustrative.

Trump has no basis to deploy troops to Chicago, Democratic leader Jeffries says

Israel Prison Service arrests escaped inmate

Israel Prison Service track down two inmates who escaped jail, to continue serving sentence

 California National Guard troops stand outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building after their deployment by U.S. President Donald Trump, in response to protests against immigration sweeps, in Los Angeles, California, US June 9, 2025

California sues Trump administration, 2,000 National Guard deployed to LA


Trump hints would arrest Gavin Newsom, 'great decision' deploying National Guard to California

On Saturday, Tom Homan, the administration's border czar, threatened to arrest anyone who obstructs immigration enforcement efforts in the state, including Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.

Police clear demonstrators during a protest against federal immigration sweeps in downtown Los Angeles, California, US, June 8, 2025

California gov. calls Trump National Guard deployment in LA unlawful, police making more arrests

National Guard troops guarded federal government buildings, as police and protesters clashed in separate demonstrations over federal immigration raids in Los Angeles.

 Police clear demonstrators after they blocked a street with a barricade during a protest against federal immigration sweeps in downtown Los Angeles, California, US June 8, 2025.

Trump orders National Guard to Los Angeles, protesters throwing Molotov cocktails, rocks

The Pentagon is prepared to mobilize active duty Marines "if violence continues," US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.

 A protester fires a firework during a standoff between police and protesters following multiple detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in the Los Angeles County city of Paramount, California, US, June 7, 2025.

Armed with WWII weapons, Ukraine’s ‘Witches’ battle Russian drones

EUROPE AFFAIRS: The Jerusalem Post joins female volunteer soldiers outside Kyiv as they fight to keep their homeland safe.

 THE ‘WITCHES of Bucha.’ Defending homes from Russian drones, the Bucha Volunteer Corps is part of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces. Many of its weapons date from World War II.

IDF says no to Ben-Gvir's National Guard, warns it could undermine military

The IDF warns that Itamar Ben-Gvir's National Guard can't be implemented during the Hamas war because it may undermine the army's ability to act.

 NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER Itamar Ben-Gvir addresses his Otzma Yehudit faction in the Knesset earlier this month.

The new paradigm in the Middle East, is Israel losing focus? - opinion

The election of Ben Gvir to national office sends the wrong signal to Arab states who are willing to normalize relations.

 Israeli minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir at a  press conference with Israeli Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai (unseen) at the Ministry of National Security in Jerusalem, on January 24, 2023.

Will decision to block Jewish access to Temple Mount have political ramifications?

Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit silent on Netanyahu's closure of the Temple Mount to Jewish visitors

 Israeli security forces guard while Jews visit the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, during the Passover holiday, April 10, 2023.

There cannot be an establishment of National Guard models, not under the authority 'Border Patrol'

Though the 'Civil Guard' was not established under the Israeli Police, the existing conditions require that it be done under the 'Border Patrol' and as part of the Israeli police.

 Yoel Zilberman, Founder and CEO, Hashomer Hachadash

How Ben-Gvir’s National Guard budget cuts will harm gov't initiatives - analysis

There is yet no indication of which specific programs will be impacted, but it will certainly have some effect as each industry decides how to handle the loss of funds.

Illustrative photo of Israeli money