Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has authorized National Guard troops and airmen to carry weapons in D.C. if their mission requires it amid a Trump administration crackdown on crime.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has authorized up to 2,000 National Guard troops to carry weapons in Washington, D.C., if necessary, a Joint Task Force spokesperson confirmed to FOX 5 DC.

Yet another candidate announced his plan to run in the Democratic primary for the state’s 9th Congressional District seat, ...

Defense Secretary Hegseth has signed an order allowing Guard troops in D.C. to be armed. The authority is expected to be ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of U.S. damage to Iran ...

The move follows an initial assessment by the agency in June indicating strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities had a more ...

The Defense Intelligence Agency previously found Iran’s nuclear program had not been ‘fully obliterated’ as Trump had touted ...

Days after top Air Force general retires, Hegseth fires leader of agency whose report on Iran strikes angered Trump ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered National Guard troops to start carrying firearms while patrolling the streets of ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the head of the Pentagon's intelligence agency and two other senior military ...

The move comes weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary report contradicting President Trump’s contention that U.S.