https://www.scmp.com/rss/522631/feed The National Guard is a unique governmental body and a vital component of the United States Armed Forces, comprising reserve military forces of the U.S. Army and Air Force. Headquartered across all 50 U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia, it operates under the dual control of state governors and the federal government. Its primary mission is to serve both community and country, responding to domestic emergencies like natural disasters and civil unrest, and supporting overseas... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A girlfriend of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the powerful leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel who was killed by the Mexican military, was key to finding him in Tapalpa, a picturesque village of holiday homes in western Mexico. The 59-year-old Oseguera, nicknamed “El Mencho”, was wounded in a clash with soldiers on Sunday and died while being airlifted to hospital. The operation was launched when Mexican military intelligence agents, supported by the US military’s Northern Command, learned... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3344409/how-rendezvous-girlfriend-led-violent-end-mexicos-most-wanted-drug-kingpin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3344409/how-rendezvous-girlfriend-led-violent-end-mexicos-most-wanted-drug-kingpin?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Feb 2026 04:23:29 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump’s point man on Thursday announced the end of an aggressive immigration operation in Minnesota that triggered large protests and nationwide outrage following the killing of two US citizens. Thousands of federal agents including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers conducted weeks of sweeping raids and arrests in what the administration claims were targeted missions against criminals. “I have proposed and President Trump has concurred that this surge... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343372/trump-end-minnesota-immigration-crackdown-border-tsar-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343372/trump-end-minnesota-immigration-crackdown-border-tsar-says?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:09:26 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped elicit a White House turnabout this week after bristling over the administration’s characterisation of Alex Pretti, the second person killed this month by a federal officer in Minneapolis, as responsible for his own death because he lawfully possessed a weapon. The death produced no clear shifts in US gun politics or policies, even as US President Donald Trump shuffles the lieutenants in charge of his militarised immigration crackdown. But... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341413/trump-faces-second-amendment-backlash-over-ice-shooting-alex-pretti?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3341413/trump-faces-second-amendment-backlash-over-ice-shooting-alex-pretti?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:35:19 +0000 Reuters Reuters The ‌Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers in Alaska to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of large protests against the government’s deportation drive, two US officials told ‍Reuters on Sunday. The US Army placed the units on prepare-to-deploy orders in case violence in the midwestern state escalates, the officials said, though it is not clear whether any of them will be sent. US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to use the Insurrection Act to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340355/pentagon-readies-1500-troops-potential-minnesota-deployment-us-officials-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340355/pentagon-readies-1500-troops-potential-minnesota-deployment-us-officials-say?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 Jan 2026 22:26:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Minneapolis was on edge as US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to the city to enforce his administration’s massive immigration crackdown. The threat came a day after a man was shot and wounded by an immigration officer who had been attacked with a shovel and broom handle. That shooting further heightened the fear and anger that has radiated across the city since an Immigration and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340060/trump-threatens-use-insurrection-act-end-protests-minneapolis?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3340060/trump-threatens-use-insurrection-act-end-protests-minneapolis?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:52:10 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown increasingly is sparking violent confrontations with both migrants and American citizens, a development grimly underscored by an ICE officer’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman this week. Under ‌Trump’s orders to ramp up deportations, masked immigration officers have surged into Democratic-led cities, sprayed tear gas in residential streets, tackled people in car parks and pointed guns at bystanders trying to film them. A federal... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339453/trumps-immigration-crackdown-invites-danger-sparking-violent-confrontations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339453/trumps-immigration-crackdown-invites-danger-sparking-violent-confrontations?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Jan 2026 13:05:55 +0000 Reuters Reuters Tensions over US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown ‌rose across the United States on Thursday after the second shooting involving immigration officers in two days, deepening rifts between state and federal officials over how and why the shootings occurred. Protests intensified in Minnesota following Wednesday’s fatal ‍shooting of a 37-year-old mother by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. Minnesota and US officials offered starkly different accounts of the shooting, and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339253/us-border-agent-shoots-and-wounds-2-portland-national-tensions-rise?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339253/us-border-agent-shoots-and-wounds-2-portland-national-tensions-rise?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Jan 2026 02:14:22 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg The investigation into the killing of a US citizen by an ICE agent in Minneapolis this week is being complicated by clashes between federal and local officials, with the FBI taking control over the objections of Governor Tim Walz. State authorities questioned whether a federal probe could be trusted, especially given comments by Trump administration officials that seemed to exonerate the officer. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said that after it was invited to participate in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339241/minnesota-investigators-barred-probe-womans-killing-ice-officer?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339241/minnesota-investigators-barred-probe-womans-killing-ice-officer?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:55:51 +0000 Reuters Reuters US ‌President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his administration was removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland ‍but he added in his social media post that federal forces would “come back” if crime rates go up. Local leaders in those cities and Democrats have said the deployments, which have faced legal setbacks and challenges, were unnecessary. They have accused the Trump administration of federal overreach and of exaggerating isolated episodes of violence ⁠to justify... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3338353/trump-says-national-guard-being-removed-chicago-la-and-portland?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3338353/trump-says-national-guard-being-removed-chicago-la-and-portland?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:11 +0000 Reuters Reuters The US Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to let Donald Trump send National Guard troops to the Chicago area ‌as the Republican president expands the use of the military for domestic purposes in a growing number of Democratic-led jurisdictions, a policy critics call an effort to punish adversaries and stifle dissent. The justices let stand for ‍now a judge’s order blocking the deployment of hundreds of National Guard troops in a legal challenge brought by Illinois officials and local leaders. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337553/us-supreme-court-blocks-trumps-national-guard-deployment-chicago?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337553/us-supreme-court-blocks-trumps-national-guard-deployment-chicago?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Dec 2025 23:19:02 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it was expanding travel restrictions to an additional 20 countries and the Palestinian Authority, doubling the number of nations affected by sweeping limits announced earlier this year on who can travel and emigrate to the US. The Trump administration included five more countries as well as people travelling on documents issued by the Palestinian Authority to the list of countries facing a full ban on travel to the US and imposed new limits on... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336687/trump-expands-us-travel-ban-and-restrictions-include-another-20-countries?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336687/trump-expands-us-travel-ban-and-restrictions-include-another-20-countries?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Dec 2025 23:49:56 +0000 Reuters Reuters A federal judge in California on Wednesday ordered an end to Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles and directed that they be returned to the control of the state’s Democratic governor, finding that the Republican US president had exceeded his authority. The ruling by San Francisco-based US District Judge Charles Breyer represented the latest legal setback for Trump in his efforts to deploy National Guard troops to Democratic-controlled cities, an extraordinary use of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335964/us-judge-says-trump-must-end-national-guard-deployment-los-angeles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3335964/us-judge-says-trump-must-end-national-guard-deployment-los-angeles?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:00:12 +0000 Reuters Reuters The Trump administration on Tuesday said it paused all immigration applications, including green card and US citizenship processing, filed by immigrants from 19 non-European countries, citing concerns over national security and public safety. The pause applies to people from 19 countries that were already subjected to a partial travel ban in June, placing further restrictions on immigration – a core feature of US President Donald Trump’s political platform. The list of countries includes... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334983/us-pauses-all-immigration-applications-19-countries?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334983/us-pauses-all-immigration-applications-19-countries?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Dec 2025 02:16:14 +0000 Reuters Reuters The suspect accused of shooting two National Guard members in an ambush in downtown Washington last week was charged on Tuesday with murder and other offences as he made his first court appearance, appearing remotely from a hospital bed. A judge ordered Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, held in custody without bond, citing the “sheer terror” of the shooting blocks from the White House that killed one member of the National Guard and critically injured a second. Lakanwal pleaded not guilty to all... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334970/national-guard-shooting-suspect-pleads-not-guilty-murder-hospital-bed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334970/national-guard-shooting-suspect-pleads-not-guilty-murder-hospital-bed?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Dec 2025 22:37:32 +0000 Reuters Reuters US authorities believe the Afghan immigrant accused of ambushing National Guard members in Washington DC was not radicalised until after he came to the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Sunday. Speaking on NBC’s Meet the Press and ABC’s This Week, Noem said authorities think alleged shooter Rahmanullah Lakanwal was already living in Washington state when he became radicalised. Investigators were seeking more information from family members and others, Noem... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334713/national-guard-shooting-suspect-was-radicalised-us-noem-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334713/national-guard-shooting-suspect-was-radicalised-us-noem-says?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Dec 2025 03:49:56 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Charges against the man accused of shooting two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of the soldiers died, the US attorney for the District of Columbia announced on Friday, while investigators continue to seek a motive. Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe, 24 were hospitalised in critical condition after the Wednesday afternoon shooting near the White House. Trump announced on Thursday evening that Beckstrom had died. US Attorney... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334576/afghan-national-charged-first-degree-murder-national-guard-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334576/afghan-national-charged-first-degree-murder-national-guard-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Nov 2025 14:47:01 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it would review the immigration status of every permanent resident or “green card” holder from Afghanistan and 18 other countries following the attack on National Guard troops in Washington. The announcement came as US President Donald Trump said that one of the National Guard members, 20-year-old Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, had died of her wounds, while the other, Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe, 24, was ‘fighting for his life’. US officials have... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334434/trump-admin-reviewing-every-green-card-19-countries-after-washington-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334434/trump-admin-reviewing-every-green-card-19-countries-after-washington-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Nov 2025 23:19:30 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump said that one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot by an Afghan national near the White House had died, calling the shooter who had worked with the CIA in his native country a “savage monster”. As part of his Thanksgiving call to US troops, Trump said that he had just learned that Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, had died, while Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe, 24, was “fighting for his life”. “She’s just passed away,” Trump said. “She’s no longer with us.... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334426/national-guard-shooting-afghan-suspect-drove-across-us-carry-out-attack-officials-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334426/national-guard-shooting-afghan-suspect-drove-across-us-carry-out-attack-officials-say?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Nov 2025 16:53:00 +0000 Reuters Reuters Investigators led by the FBI’s joint terrorism task force sought clues on Thursday to what drove an Afghan immigrant to open fire on two National Guard soldiers mere blocks from the White House in what officials called an “ambush” attack on Thanksgiving eve. The two soldiers, part of a militarised law enforcement mission ordered by US President Donald Trump months ago and challenged in court by officials of the District of Columbia, were hospitalised in critical condition. The suspect, who was... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334289/two-national-guard-soldiers-killed-shooting-near-white-house?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3334289/two-national-guard-soldiers-killed-shooting-near-white-house?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Nov 2025 21:03:50 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A US federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to end its months-long deployment of National Guard troops to help police the nation’s capital. US District Judge Jia Cobb concluded that President Donald Trump’s military takeover in Washington DC illegally intrudes on local officials’ authority to direct law enforcement in the district. She put her order on hold for 21 days to allow for an appeal, however. District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb sued to challenge the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333605/judge-orders-us-government-end-national-guard-deployment-washington?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333605/judge-orders-us-government-end-national-guard-deployment-washington?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Nov 2025 21:02:15 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse New York’s incoming leftist mayor Zohran Mamdani will meet with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday, after an exchange of barbs that has seized national attention. Mamdani, a 34-year-old political insurgent who came from nowhere to win leadership of America’s biggest city, said Thursday he was “ready for whatever happens”. Sparks could fly when the self-declared Democratic Socialist comes face-to-face with the 79-year-old Republican. Trump brands Mamdani a “communist” and has... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333599/trump-host-new-york-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-white-house-friday?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333599/trump-host-new-york-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-white-house-friday?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:46:15 +0000 Reuters Reuters The government of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Sunday unveiled plans to fight organised crime and improve security in the violence-ridden state of Michoacan after the brazen public assassination of a local mayor sent shock waves through the country. More than 10,500 members of Mexico’s army, air force and National Guard are part of the operation, called the Michoacan Plan for Peace and Justice, to crack down on criminal groups, combat extortion and dismantle drug labs and training... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3332127/mexico-unveils-security-operation-violent-michoacan-state-after-assassination-mayor?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3332127/mexico-unveils-security-operation-violent-michoacan-state-after-assassination-mayor?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Nov 2025 22:04:33 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A US federal judge extended on Sunday an order blocking President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops in Portland, Oregon, for five days pending a final ruling. The Republican president has sent the National Guard to three Democratic-led cities this year – Los Angeles, Washington and Memphis – but his efforts to deploy soldiers in Portland and Chicago have been tied up in the courts. Trump has repeatedly called the Oregon city “war-ravaged”, and riddled with violent crime, to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3331369/us-judge-extends-order-blocking-portland-national-guard-deployment?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3331369/us-judge-extends-order-blocking-portland-national-guard-deployment?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:50:32 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Aggressive US immigration raids which have sparked protests and allegations of rights violations have not gone far enough, US President Donald Trump said in a CBS interview released on Sunday. Trump was interviewed on Friday by CBS’ 60 Minutes show, his first meeting with the broadcaster since it agreed to a US$16 million settlement with him. The Republican president had sued the Paramount-owned organisation over a 2024 pre-election interview with his Democratic opponent, former vice-president... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3331262/trump-says-us-immigration-raids-havent-gone-far-enough?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3331262/trump-says-us-immigration-raids-havent-gone-far-enough?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 Nov 2025 23:49:39 +0000 Reuters Reuters A divided US appeals court ruled on Monday that Donald Trump can send National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon, despite objections by the leaders of the city and state, giving the Republican president an important legal victory as he dispatches military forces to a growing number of Democratic-led locales. A three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Justice Department’s request to put on hold a judge’s order that had blocked the deployment while a legal challenge to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3329725/dangerous-us-appeal-court-lets-trump-send-national-guard-troops-portland?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3329725/dangerous-us-appeal-court-lets-trump-send-national-guard-troops-portland?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Oct 2025 23:53:22 +0000 Reuters Reuters A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday temporarily blocked US President Donald Trump’s deployment of hundreds of National Guard soldiers in Illinois, five days after another US judge blocked a similar deployment in Portland, Oregon. US District Judge April Perry said that permitting Guard troops in the state would only “add fuel to the fire”, after hearing more than two hours of arguments from lawyers for the US government and the state of Illinois, which sued the Trump administration over the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3328447/us-judge-blocks-trumps-deployment-national-guard-illinois?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3328447/us-judge-blocks-trumps-deployment-national-guard-illinois?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Oct 2025 23:43:00 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump called Wednesday for the Democratic governor of Illinois and mayor of Chicago to be jailed for resisting his mass deportation campaign, a day after armed troops from Texas arrived in the state. Chicago, the largest city in Illinois and third-largest in the country, has become the latest flashpoint in a crackdown by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents that has sparked allegations of rights abuses and myriad lawsuits. Masked ICE agents have surged into... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3328277/trump-escalates-attacks-calls-jailing-democratic-chicago-mayor-illinois-governor?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3328277/trump-escalates-attacks-calls-jailing-democratic-chicago-mayor-illinois-governor?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:47:52 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service In a scathing critique of US President Donald Trump, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday accused the Republican president of deploying National Guard troops to the Democratic cities of Chicago and Portland based on fixations that stem in part from his being mentally impaired. “This is a man who’s suffering dementia,” Pritzker said in a telephone interview with the Chicago Tribune. “This is a man who has something stuck in his head. He can’t get it out of his head. He doesn’t read. He... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3328203/governor-says-trump-deploying-troops-chicago-due-dementia-obsessive-fixations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3328203/governor-says-trump-deploying-troops-chicago-due-dementia-obsessive-fixations?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Oct 2025 05:37:28 +0000 Reuters Reuters Hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers gathered on Tuesday at an Army facility outside Chicago, as Donald Trump’s threat to invoke an anti-insurrection law and deploy troops to more US cities intensified the battle over the limits to his authority. The Republican president on Tuesday again left open the possibility that he might use the centuries-old Insurrection Act to sidestep any court rulings blocking the dispatch of Guard troops into Democratic-led cities, over the objections of local... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3328166/trumps-insurrection-act-threat-escalates-showdown-democratic-us-cities?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3328166/trumps-insurrection-act-threat-escalates-showdown-democratic-us-cities?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Oct 2025 21:21:31 +0000 Reuters Reuters The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago sued US President Donald Trump on Monday, seeking to block the deployment of federalised National Guard troops to Chicago, as hundreds of National Guard troops from Texas headed to the nation’s third-largest city. Trump then escalated the widening clash with Democratic-led states and cities over the domestic use of military forces, threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act as a means to circumvent court restrictions on deploying troops where they... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3328057/illinois-leaders-sue-stop-trumps-national-guard-deployment-plan-after-portland-ruling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3328057/illinois-leaders-sue-stop-trumps-national-guard-deployment-plan-after-portland-ruling?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Oct 2025 20:15:58 +0000 Reuters Reuters A federal judge in Oregon on Sunday temporarily blocked Donald Trump’s administration from sending any National Guard troops to police Portland, Oregon, a setback for the president as he seeks to dispatch the military to cities over the objections of their Democratic leaders. The ruling by US District Judge Karin Immergut followed the Trump administration’s decision to call in troops from California and Texas just one day after she temporarily blocked Trump from deploying 200 Oregon National... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3327936/newsom-says-he-will-sue-trump-sending-california-national-guard-oregon?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3327936/newsom-says-he-will-sue-trump-sending-california-national-guard-oregon?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Oct 2025 18:42:58 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg US President Donald Trump authorised 300 National Guard troops for deployment to Illinois, over the objection of state officials, as part of his campaign to use state troops to aid federal officers conducting immigration arrests. “President Trump will not turn a blind eye to the lawlessness plaguing American cities,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said on Saturday. The order signals an escalation in the administration’s focus on Chicago, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3327896/trump-send-national-guard-illinois-he-puts-pressure-chicago?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3327896/trump-send-national-guard-illinois-he-puts-pressure-chicago?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Oct 2025 23:46:41 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he will send troops to Portland, “authorising Full Force, if necessary” to handle “domestic terrorists” as he expands his deployments to more American cities. He made the announcement on social media, writing that he was directing the Department of Defence to “provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland”. Trump said the decision was necessary to protect US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, which he alleged are “under... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3327116/trump-orders-us-troops-portland-ice-facilities-handle-domestic-terrorists?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3327116/trump-orders-us-troops-portland-ice-facilities-handle-domestic-terrorists?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Sep 2025 15:30:45 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would call a national emergency and federalise the capital, Washington, after Mayor Muriel Bowser said its police would not cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. At issue is the provision of information on individuals living in, or entering, the United States illegally. Trump’s threat adds to a move critics have seen as federal overreach, with more than 2,000 troops patrolling the city. The comments come after several thousand... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325566/trump-threatens-federalise-us-capital-over-immigration-dispute?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325566/trump-threatens-federalise-us-capital-over-immigration-dispute?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Sep 2025 06:24:40 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg US President Donald Trump said he plans to deploy federal troops to another US city, as he made a surprise visit to a Washington DC restaurant in a bid to argue his federal takeover of the city’s law enforcement is working. “We’ll announce it probably tomorrow, and it’s going to be something where we will do like we did here,” Trump told reporters Tuesday outside Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak and Stone Crab, an upscale surf and turf restaurant near the White House. The president said he was working... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324980/trump-dines-out-near-white-house-and-says-hell-send-troops-another-city?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324980/trump-dines-out-near-white-house-and-says-hell-send-troops-another-city?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Sep 2025 03:33:52 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee in the United States has taken on sweeping political dimensions, with the American right denouncing Democrats’ supposed lack of action on crime as US President Donald Trump seeks to expand a crackdown. Iryna Zarutska, 23, was sitting quietly on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina on August 22 when she was attacked with no warning by a man sitting behind her, security video shows. Her murder made little national news last month but it recently surged... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324808/ukrainian-refugees-us-murder-fuels-political-debate-crime?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324808/ukrainian-refugees-us-murder-fuels-political-debate-crime?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Sep 2025 22:31:52 +0000 Reuters Reuters The Supreme Court again backed US President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration approach on Monday, letting agents proceed with Southern California raids targeting people for deportation based on their race or language in a decision that a dissenting justice said makes Latinos “fair game to be seized at any time”. The court granted a Justice Department request to put on hold a judge’s order temporarily barring agents from stopping or detaining people without “reasonable suspicion” that they are... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324803/us-supreme-court-backs-trump-aggressive-immigration-raids?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324803/us-supreme-court-backs-trump-aggressive-immigration-raids?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Sep 2025 19:01:30 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The District of Columbia on Thursday sued to stop US President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard during his law enforcement intervention in Washington. The city’s attorney general, Brian Schwalb, said the surge of troops essentially amounts to an “involuntary military occupation”. He argued in the federal lawsuit that the deployment, coinciding with an executive order on August 11, that now involves more than 1,000 troops, is an illegal use of the military for domestic law... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324391/washington-dc-sues-over-trumps-deployment-national-guard?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324391/washington-dc-sues-over-trumps-deployment-national-guard?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:52:18 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that New Orleans could be his next target for deploying the National Guard to fight crime, potentially expanding the number of cities around the nation where he may send federal law enforcement. Trump has already said he plans to send the National Guard into Chicago and Baltimore following his administration deploying troops and federal agents to patrol the streets of Washington last month. “So we’re making a determination now,” Trump told reporters... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324251/trump-hints-us-troops-could-go-new-orleans-blue-city-red-state?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324251/trump-hints-us-troops-could-go-new-orleans-blue-city-red-state?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Sep 2025 20:31:11 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would deploy National Guard troops to fight crime in Chicago, an extraordinary effort to militarise the country’s third-largest city that was likely to trigger a legal battle with local officials. “We’re going in. I didn’t say when, but we’re going in,” Trump told reporters at the White House. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson swiftly condemned the action. “He just wants his own secret police force that will do publicity stunts whenever his poll numbers... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324117/trump-send-national-guard-troops-chicago-were-going?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324117/trump-send-national-guard-troops-chicago-were-going?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Sep 2025 23:54:51 +0000 Reuters Reuters A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard in California to fight crime. San Francisco-based US District Judge Charles Breyer issued the order for the US District Court, Northern District of California, according to a court filing. He put the ruling on hold until September 12. The Trump administration is likely to appeal. Trump ordered 4,000 National Guard and 700 active duty US Marines to Los Angeles in June in response to protests against... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324097/trump-broke-law-when-he-deployed-national-guard-los-angeles-judge-rules?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324097/trump-broke-law-when-he-deployed-national-guard-los-angeles-judge-rules?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:04:20 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The mayor of Chicago pushed back on Saturday against what he called the “out-of-control” Trump administration’s plan to surge federal officers into the nation’s third-largest city, which could take place within days. The Chicago Police Department will be barred from helping federal authorities with civil immigration enforcement or any related patrols, traffic stops and checkpoints during the surge, according to an executive order signed by Mayor Brandon Johnson. The mayor directed all city... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323795/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-defies-trumps-immigration-crackdown-plan-city?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323795/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-defies-trumps-immigration-crackdown-plan-city?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 30 Aug 2025 23:47:01 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US Transport Secretary Sean Duffy announced on Wednesday that his department is taking management of Union Station, the main transport hub in Washington, away from Amtrak, in another example of how the federal government is exerting its power over the nation’s capital. Duffy made the announcement in a statement before he was to join Amtrak President Roger Harris at Union Station for the launch of the NextGen Acela, the rail service’s new high-speed train. The secretary said Union Station,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323396/trump-administration-seizes-control-washingtons-union-station-amtrak?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323396/trump-administration-seizes-control-washingtons-union-station-amtrak?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:38:42 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump on Monday suggested Americans would like a dictator as he signed orders to tighten his federal clampdown on the capital Washington and to prosecute flag-burners. In a rambling 80-minute event in the Oval Office, Trump lambasted critics and the media as he complained that he was not getting credit for his National Guard-backed crackdown on crime and immigration. “They say ‘We don’t need him. Freedom, freedom. He’s a dictator. He’s a dictator.’ A lot of people are saying:... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323116/trump-suggests-americans-dictator-he-signs-order-washington-clampdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323116/trump-suggests-americans-dictator-he-signs-order-washington-clampdown?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Aug 2025 19:57:33 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump on Friday said Chicago is likely to be the next target of his efforts to crack down on crime, homelessness and illegal immigration. Trump indicated that the Midwestern city could receive similar treatment to what he has done in Washington, where he has deployed 2,000 troops on the streets. “I think Chicago will be our next,” Trump told reporters at the White House, adding, “And then we’ll help with New York.” The comments came as the Pentagon on Friday began ordering... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323109/chicago-officials-slam-trumps-threat-over-military-deployment-stay-out-our-city?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323109/chicago-officials-slam-trumps-threat-over-military-deployment-stay-out-our-city?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:00:14 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Some National Guard units patrolling the US capital at the direction of President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms, an escalation of his military deployment that makes good on a directive issued late last week by his defence secretary. A Defence Department official who was not authorised to speak publicly said some units on certain missions would be armed – some with handguns and others with rifles. The official said that all units with firearms had been trained and were operating... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323007/national-guard-washington-start-carrying-guns-rifles-after-trumps-order?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323007/national-guard-washington-start-carrying-guns-rifles-after-trumps-order?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Aug 2025 01:44:51 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to expand his military deployments to more Democratic-led cities, responding to an offer by Maryland’s governor to join him in a tour of Baltimore by saying he might instead “send in the troops”. Last week, Trump said he was considering Chicago and New York for troop deployments similar to what he has unleashed on the nation’s capital, where thousands of National Guard and federal police officers are patrolling the streets. Trump made the threat to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323005/trump-expands-cities-targeted-possible-military-deployment-baltimore?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323005/trump-expands-cities-targeted-possible-military-deployment-baltimore?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Aug 2025 23:09:27 +0000 Reuters Reuters The Pentagon is working on plans to deploy the US military to Chicago as President Donald Trump says he is cracking down on crime, homelessness and undocumented immigration, The Washington Post reported on Saturday. The Defence Department planning, in the works for weeks, involves several options, including mobilising at least a few thousand members of the National Guard as soon as September, the Post reported, citing officials familiar with the matter. “Chicago is a mess,” Trump, a Republican,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322952/pentagon-plans-military-deployment-chicago-trump-crackdown-immigration?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322952/pentagon-plans-military-deployment-chicago-trump-crackdown-immigration?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Aug 2025 02:38:27 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that National Guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington for President Donald Trump’s law enforcement crackdown will start carrying firearms, the Pentagon said on Friday. The Defence Department did not offer any other details about the new development or why it was needed. The step is an escalation in Trump’s intervention into policing in the nation’s capital and comes as nearly 2,000 National Guard members have been stationed in the heavily... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322889/national-guard-troops-washington-be-armed-trump-escalates-policing-role?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322889/national-guard-troops-washington-be-armed-trump-escalates-policing-role?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Aug 2025 16:16:54 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg US President Donald Trump visited a Park Police operations facility on Thursday to thank federal law enforcement officers he deployed to patrol the streets of Washington, saying he expected their deployment to last “for a while”. “We’re going to then go on to other places, but we’re going to stay here for a while,” Trump said. “We want to make this absolutely perfect, it’s our capital.” The visit to the building in Washington’s Anacostia neighbourhood appeared less dramatic than his suggestion... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322718/trump-says-hell-join-us-troops-patrol-streets-washington?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3322718/trump-says-hell-join-us-troops-patrol-streets-washington?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:41:26 +0000