Chicago and Portland leaders have rebuked the Trump administration's efforts to send federal troops into the cities.

The latest examples of creeping federal law enforcement and military presence in U.S. cities occurred as Memphis prepares for ...

President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will send troops to Portland, agents clashing with protesters near an ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said the Department of Homeland Security has requested for 100 military personnel to help protect ...

Border Patrol's roughly 20,000 front-line agents will remain on the job if Congress fails to avert a government shutdown.

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President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will send troops to Portland, agents clashing with protesters near an ...

Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker reacted with caution Wednesday to President Donald Trump’s comments that he planned to deploy National Guard troops to a city and state where they would be welcomed to ...

President Donald Trump said last Friday he may send troops to Portland to quell protests that had “ruined” the city. “It’s like living in hell,” he said. The president’s cataclysmic assessment stemmed ...

Democratic U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth were turned away Friday from offices at Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago that are being used by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ...

President Donald Trump's strategy to address crime in U.S. cities may come into sharper focus this week, as he reiterates his call to deploy the National Guard more widely. Over the weekend, Trump ...