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Army extends orders for DC National Guard through Nov. 30: Officials  ABC News With no end in sight, National Guard troops deployed to DC grow weary  CNN DC National Guard troops have orders extended through December, official says  NBC4 Washington DC National Guard deployment extended through December: Reports  The Hill National Guard orders in D.C. expected to be extended for months  The Washington Post Source …

Survivors and family members of victims of the 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, are suing the US government, alleging that the US army could have stopped the attack carried out by an army reservist but failed to intervene. The suit, filed on Wednesday in Maine district court, alleges that despite decades of knowledge about the risks posed by soldiers …

The last time the US dramatically expanded its force of immigration officers, major problems arose. Some border agents recruited in the 2000s turned out to be cartel members. One kidnapped and raped three women in his custody. Two others were convicted of off-duty murders. Now, as Donald Trump vows to build “the largest deportation operation” in history and kicks off …

The arrest of a US army veteran who protested against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has raised alarms among legal experts and fellow veterans familiar with his service in Afghanistan. Bajun Mavalwalla II – a former army sergeant who survived a roadside bomb blast on a special operations mission in Afghanistan – was charged in July with “conspiracy to impede …

Army football player Larry Pickett Jr. rescued a man from a burning vehicle early Sunday morning. Pickett, a second-year cadet at the service academy, was traveling with his family when they saw a crashed vehicle surrounded by downed power lines on Route 9W in Fort Montgomery, New York, about five miles south of Army’s West Point campus. The Fort Montgomery …

Hegseth directs Army to stand up interagency task force for counter-UAS “We’re moving fast, cutting through bureaucracy, consolidating resources and empowering this task force with the utmost authority,” Secretary Hegseth said. Anastasia Obis August 29, 2025 1:32 pm 3 min read Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll to stand up a task force that will lead …

A welcome sign at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington. (Abner Guzman/U.S. Air Force) JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — A female military student is the victim of an October 2024 sexual assault in which four male soldiers are accused of attacking her in a barracks at the base, the Army said Tuesday. “She has since commissioned as an officer in the …

President Donald Trump waves while meeting with members of law enforcement, including National Guard soldiers, in Washington on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. | Jacquelyn Martin / AP Not since the days of Hitler’s S.A.—the “Brownshirt” stormtroopers—has a leader in an advanced capitalist country wielded a private political army outside the regular military and police forces that is answerable only to …

Legal proceedings for four Army soldiers charged in connection with the sexual assault of a college student in an Army barracks began this month, a spokesperson for the military branch said. The four were charged in April in connection with an Oct. 27 incident in barracks at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, southwest of Tacoma, Washington. The victim, who was not identified, …

By Corinne BeckingerWhen Artemis astronauts land on the Moon’s South Pole in a commercial human landing system, they will encounter a landscape pockmarked with deep craters, sloped connecting ridges, and harsh lighting conditions. The Moon’s lack of contrast, combined with its rolling terrain, will also pose a challenge, making it difficult for astronauts to overcome visual illusions on the lunar …