National Guard, Texas and Chicago
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Texas National Guard members have arrived in Illinois. City and state officials say Donald Trump is using them as “political props” in Chicago.
Texas is refusing to grant some gay troops benefits for their spouses, even though the Defense Department announced all legally married troops, gay or straight, could get those benefits starting September 3. Texas Military Forces — which includes the ...
Medal of Honor recipients, military officers and active-duty troops will be honored Sept. 13 during an annual East Texas military festival. The 10th annual Texas Veterans’ Military Show, one of the largest military-related events in the region, will take ...
Many federal employees are required to continue working without pay, though furloughs — or the usual uptick in workers calling in sick — could disrupt some services.
The organizer of a Houston, Texas airshow featuring U.S. Air Force fighter jets and other military aircraft is pursuing alternative plans after the federal government shutdown left the event without military and federal aircraft and performers.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he might use the Insurrection Act, a law authorizing the president to deploy military forces on U.S. soil, if courts and governors continue to block his deployment of National Guard troops in Democratic-led cities.