Federal authorities have set up checkpoints around the nation’s capital, sometimes asking people for their immigration status and detaining them, as President Donald Trump’s crackdown ensnares more residents each day.

To qualify for the Mexican Border Defense Medal, troops must have been “permanently assigned, attached, or detailed” to a unit that deployed for 30 days.

Soldiers with the District of Columbia National Guard mark a full week of deployment in the nation’s capital. 

For the first time in its decade-plus history, this year’s Northern Strike shifted from its traditional European scenario to a simulated Indo-Pacific backdrop.

The dozens of Pentagon duty codes for National Guard members and reservists cause confusion and should be slashed to just four.

A federal judge will hear arguments on whether the Trump administration violated federal law when it deployed National Guard soldiers and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles following June protests over immigration raids.

The president also said the federal government would take control of Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department, and “we will bring in the military if needed.”

President Donald Trump is promising new steps to tackle homelessness and crime in Washington, prompting the city’s mayor to voice concerns about the potential use of the National Guard.

Master Sgt. Elizabeth Lohrmann died in a snorkeling accident on Tinian, in the Northern Mariana Islands, according to local news reports and the state governor’s office.

Governors of 20 states are being asked to provide up to 1,700 National Guard troops to work within that state conducting case management, logistics and clerical work in ICE detention facilities.