A hold cannot prevent a nominee from being confirmed, but it means the Senate cannot use the expedited procedures it normally does for military nominees and must make room in its floor schedule for roll call votes to approve the nomination.

The Trump administration is cutting the number of National Guard members in the Los Angeles area by 2,000 after their deployment last month in response to immigration protests, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.

A Department of Homeland Security memo from June, describing the Pentagon’s findings, said that the group, publicly known by the nickname Salt Typhoon, “extensively compromised a U.S. state’s Army National Guard network” from March 2024 through December 2024. The memo did not specify which state was affected.

After President Trump federalized California National Guard troops in response to anti-ICE riots in LA, Gov. Gavin Newsom told reporters, “It’s about time Donald Trump grow up."

A Chinese state-sponsored threat actor known as Salt Typhoon was lurking in the network of the US Army National Guard for nine months, the US Government has confirmed. TheDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS) said the attackers were present in the networks between March and December 2024.

Texas and the Czech Republic have had a military relationship since 1993 as part of the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program pairing states to train with countries around the world.

Court records show Associate Justice Maureen Keough found Troy Ingram guilty of first-degree murder and mutilation of dead human bodies — both felonies — after a bench trial took place over a four-day period in May and June. (Ingram waived his right to a jury trial in May.)

Neither President Donald Trump nor Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can legally create a new system of immigration judges outside of the one established by Congress.