WASHINGTON (AP) — There were funnel cakes, stands of festival bling and American flags aplenty. There were mighty machines of ...

The grand military parade that President Donald Trump wanted for eight years has barreled down Constitution Avenue in ...

Trump was determined on Saturday to waste taxpayer money on a jingoistic military parade, like the ones you might see in ...

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) slammed California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) for his handling of the Los Angeles ...

By deploying the National Guard to quell mostly peaceful protests in California, Donald Trump is seemingly trying to create ...

We have much more to fear from Trump’s increasing disregard for laws and long-standing norms and his increasing use of force, ...

Days before immigration raids sparked sometimes violent protests and the deployment of US troops in Los Angeles, Nancy Raquel Chirinos Medina said, her husband received a “strange” text. The message f ...

Armored National Guard trucks rumbling down Sunset Boulevard. The mayor declaring a citywide curfew. LAPD officers in riot gear firing flash bangs and rubber bullets. Street medics rushing to ...

In America, the military does not enforce our domestic laws. America does not use the military to suppress peaceful protests, ...

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The U.S. Army has brought nearly 7,000 troops into Washington, along with 150 vehicles, including more than 25 M1 Abrams tanks, 28 Stryker armored vehicles, four Paladin self-propelled artillery ...

For weeks, Trump has been scheming to deprive California — probably illegally — of federal funding for public schools and ...