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President Donald Trump’s move to mobilize the National Guard in California against the wishes of the state’s governor is playing out in yet another court battle over constitutional powers. In Washington state,
National Guard assets are being deployed in Washington state to expand the search for Travis Decker, who is accused of killing his three young daughters, Gov. Bob Ferguson, D-Wash., confirmed Saturday.
Local and federal law enforcement have been searching for the 32-year-old father from the air and on the ground after the bodies of his daughters were found.
Trump sent National Guard troops to California amid days of protesting federal immigration raids. Here's what's usual, and unusual, about the order.
The National Guard was also called during the 1992 L.A. riots and the unrest that followed Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in 1968. Trump’s order was unlike any other.
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Los Angeles residents and experts say that the National Guard's presence in Los Angeles in response to immigration protests is reminiscent of a long-standing dynamic in the state and around the country.
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The Olympian (TCA) on MSNFerguson, 21 Democratic govs decry Trump’s ‘alarming’ use of CA National GuardPresident Trump’s move to deploy California’s National Guard is an alarming abuse of power,” a statement by the Democratic Governors Association said.
An uptick in activity at the Ohio National Guard site in Akron is likely part of routine training, the governor's spokesman said.
The national furor over the situation in Los Angeles is bleeding into the debate over the massive military parade scheduled for Washington this weekend. The parade’s official purpose is to mark the 250th anniversary of the Army.