Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed a memo authorizing National Guard troops deployed in Washington to carry weapons if their mission requires it.
U.S. troop deployments at the border have tripled to 7,600 and include every branch of the military — even as the number of attempted crossings plummet.
The U.S. was already planning to deploy the carrier Gerald R. Ford when U.S. warplanes bombed three Iranian sites early Sunday to support Israel’s goals.