36 h. ago Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Memphis, escalating his use of troops in U.S. cities

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — President Donald Trump said Friday he’ll send the National Guard to address crime concerns in Memphis with support from the mayor and Tennessee’s governor, making it his latest expansion of military forces into American cities that has tested the limits of presidential power and drawn sharp criticism from local leaders. Speaking on […]

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1 week ago Chicago launches resistance campaign as Trump threatens to send troops

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) on Sunday said he is making every effort to stop President Donald Trump “from using the military to invade states,” as the administration threatens to deploy the National Guard to Chicago like it has done in D.C. and Los Angeles. The comments came after Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) signed […]

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2 w. ago Minister says Canada has capacity to send troops to postwar Ukraine if needed

(Bloomberg) — Canada’s defence minister says he’s confident the country has the capacity to send soldiers to postwar Ukraine if needed, pushing back against concerns that the country’s military is already stretched too thin. Speaking a day after travelling to Kyiv with the prime minister, David McGuinty echoed Mark Carney’s statement that Canada isn’t ruling […]

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2 w. ago Trump threatens to send troops to Baltimore after clash with governor

Trump has said Chicago and New York are most likely his next targets, eliciting strong pushback from Democratic leaders in both states.

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2 w. ago Trump expands cities targeted for possible military deployment to Baltimore in a spat with governor

WASHINGTON — 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 […]

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2 w. ago Canada could send troops to Ukraine, Mark Carney says on surprise Kyiv visit

Prime Minister, in a speech to mark the country's Independence Day, said the support of the international community must intensify at this critical time for the country

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