August 4, 2026 · Executive Power & Institutional Control

Confirmed

Keeping the National Guard in Washington Through Trump's Term Will Cost Another $1.4 Billion, Pentagon Estimates Show

Budget estimates provided to Sen. Elizabeth Warren's office and reported on Aug. 4, 2026 put the cost of keeping National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., from October 2026 through Inauguration Day 2029 at an additional...

July 24, 2026 · Executive Power & Institutional Control

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National Guard Awards $292 Million to Move Trump's D.C. Troops Out of Hotels and Into Apartments

The National Guard Bureau, the District of Columbia National Guard and the General Services Administration awarded the apartment-hotel company Placemakr $292 million on July 24, 2026 to provide up to 2,000...

June 9, 2025 · Foreign Policy, War & National Security

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Pentagon Deploys 700 Active-Duty Marines to the Streets of Los Angeles

On June 9, 2025, U.S. Northern Command announced that roughly 700 Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, based at Twentynine Palms, California, were deploying to Los Angeles. They were folded into Task...

January 20, 2025 · Immigration, Detention & Civil Rights

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Border Emergency Expands Domestic Use of Military Power

On his first day in office, Trump declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border and ordered expanded military support for immigration enforcement operations there. The declaration blurred long-standing...