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Mayoral candidate Cherelle Parker takes part in a Democratic primary debate at the WPVI-TV studio in Philadelphia, April 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Philly Democratic mayoral candidate Cherelle Parker: Deploy National Guard to battle drug problem

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

A Haitian woman carries her daughter as she waits outside the Mexican Commission for Migrant Assistance office, to get the documents needed that allow them to stay in Mexico, in Tapachula, early Thursday, June 20, 2019. Migrants, mostly from Haiti, have burst Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, into an asylum office in Tapachula, to demand papers. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros, File)

Migrants burst into southern Mexico asylum office demanding papers

By Edgar H. Clemente - Associated Press

U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly over the Osan U.S. Air Base during a combined air force exercise with the United States and South Korea in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Dec. 4, 2017. The U.S. could have the first Ukrainian pilots trained on F-16 fighter jets before the end of the year, though it will be longer than that before they are flying combat missions. That's according to the head of the Air National Guard force tasked with training them. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) **FILE**

Ukrainian pilots could be flying F-16s in three months, Air National Guard head says

By Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

A soldier from the District of Columbia National Guard watches as demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd, June 3, 2020, near the White House in Washington. U.S. officials say the Pentagon is developing plans to restructure the National Guard in Washington, D.C. The goal is to address problems highlighted by the chaotic response to the Jan. 6 riot and safety breaches during the 2020 protests over the murder of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

D.C. mayor noncommittal on proposal to call up National Guard to curb crime

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

A Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police vehicle is parked on the other side of a taped police line along the Tidal Basin as cherry blossoms cover the trees, in Washington, Monday, March 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

D.C. Council member wants National Guard to contain the city’s crime ‘cancer’

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Citing Trump case, Pentagon leak suspect urges judge to release him while he awaits trial

By Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

In this June 3, 2020, photo, members of the District of Columbia Army National Guard stand guard at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington securing the area as protests continue following the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

As U.S. military recruiting crisis worsens, armed forces find competition around every corner

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This artist depiction shows Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, right, appearing in U.S. District Court in Boston, April 14, 2023. Teixeira has been indicted on federal felony charges. The Justice Department says Teixeira faces six counts in the indictment of willful retention and transmission of national defense information. (Margaret Small via AP, File)

Pentagon documents leak suspect Jack Teixeira pleads not guilty to federal charges

By Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall speaks during a Senate Armed Services budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 2, 2023. The Air Force said Monday, May 22, that it is looking at ways to better control access to classified information. Kendall told reporters that the Air Force needs to better enforce the rules that govern access to classified information based on whether someone with the correct security clearance also has a need to know the information. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Air Force looks to better control access to classified data after intelligence leak

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

A sign up page for the application TikTok is shown on a cell phone in front of a screen with logos for the company in Sydney, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Australia had become the last of the Five Eyes security partners to ban the Chinese-owned TikTok ap from government devices. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Lawmakers press National Guard over service member’s TikTok ads amid concerns of Chinese influence

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is backdropped by a screen showing the countries that signed a strategic energy partnership at the Cotroceni presidential palace in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. The leaders of Hungary, Romania, Georgia and Azerbaijan met in Romania's capital to conclude an agreement on an undersea electricity connector that could become a new power source for the European Union amid a crunch on energy supplies caused by the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Hungarian denies U.S. on list as adversary, defends energy deals with Russia

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Members of Mexico's National Guard march in the Independence Day military parade, in the capital's main plaza, the Zocalo, in Mexico City, Sept. 16, 2019. Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled April 18, 2023 that the 2022 transfer of the newly created National Guard from civilian to military control was unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Mexican president still vows to give National Guard to Army

Associated Press

The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022. The FBI wants to question a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard in connection with the disclosure of highly classified military documents on the Ukraine war, two people familiar with the investigation said Thursday, April 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Massachusetts Air National Guardsman may be behind intelligence leaks: Reports

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

National Guard members take a staircase toward the U.S. Capitol building before a rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden's Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Jan. 18, 2021. Soldiers are leaving the Army National Guard at a faster rate than they are enlisting, fueling concerns that in the coming years units around the country may not meet military requirements for overseas and other deployments. Officials say the number of soldiers retiring or leaving the Guard each month in the past year has exceeded those coming in, for a total annual loss of about 7,500 service members. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

National Guard struggles as troops leave at faster pace

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Welcome Illegal Immigrants to the DC Sanctuary City Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Why is D.C.’s Mayor Bowser so afraid of illegal immigrants?

By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times

Spc. Brady McNeil, a radiologist with the Vermont Army National Guard, draws up a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 during a vaccination clinic at the Brattleboro Area Middle School, April 14, 2021, in Brattleboro, Vt. The Army says it will start booting out soldiers who refuse to take the COVID-19 shot only days after yet another fully-vaccinated and boosted senior Pentagon official tested positive for the coronavirus. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP, File)

House GOP urges Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to drop vaccine mandate on National Guard

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

With the White House in the background, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser waves as she arrives to speak during the second March for Our Lives rally in support of gun control, Saturday, June 11, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

House approves measure to give D.C. mayor authority to deploy National Guard

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Staff Sgt. Travis Snyder, left, receives the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine given at Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, Dec. 16, 2020, south of Seattle. The Army says 98% of its active duty force had gotten at least one dose of the mandatory coronavirus vaccine as of this week’s deadline for the shots. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ** FILE **

Army stops pay for guard and reserve troops who won’t get a COVID-19 vaccine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, center, and his wife Fran, right, talk with specialist Emily Milosevic as they tour the Defense Supply Center Columbus in Columbus, Ohio, as members of the Ohio Army National Guard prepare to deploy to aid Ohio hospitals during the current surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations Jan. 6, 2022. Up to 40,000 Army National Guard soldiers across the country - or about 13% of the force — have not yet gotten the mandated COVID-19 vaccine, and as the deadline for shots looms, at least 14,000 of them have flatly refused and could be forced out of the service. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon, File)

Army Guard troops risk dismissal as vaccine deadline looms

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Migrants walk past razor wire fencing to be taken by the Border Patrol after crossing the Rio Grande river in Eagle Pass, Texas, Sunday,May 22, 2022. The U.S. government has expelled migrants more than 1.9 million times under Title 42, named for a 1944 public health law, denying them a chance to seek asylum as permitted under U.S. law and international treaty for purposes of preventing the spread of COVID-19. President Joe Biden wanted to end Title 42, but a federal judge in Louisiana issued a nationwide injunction that keeps it intact. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Texas plugs Biden’s border gaps with razor wire and prosecutions

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times