President Trump has deployed 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles in response to protests over deportations.

The defense secretary also suggested in his testimony to a House panel that the use of the National Guard for homeland defense would expand under President Trump.

At a hearing Wednesday, Hegseth insisted the deployment of Marines in Los Angeles was lawful but couldn’t name the law under which it is allowed. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to say ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to say whether he would follow the courts if they ruled against President Donald Trump’s deployment of active-duty Marines to Los Angeles. The Pentagon ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Saturday night that Marines at Camp Pendleton, about 100 miles south of Los Angeles, were on high alert.

House Speaker Johnson defends potential deployment of Marines to quell anti-ICE riots in Lose Angeles, as President Trump sends in the National Guard.

The troop deployment triggered several fiery exchanges that at times devolved into shouting matches as committee members and Hegseth yelled over one another.

Gavin Newsom (D-CA) called Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth "deranged" over his threat to send in nearby Marines to quell riots in Los Angeles. Protests broke out in the city on Friday in response to a wave of U.

Hegseth has backed President Donald Trump's decision to send thousands of active military members to the nation's second-largest city. Hegseth told senators that every action taken in Los Angeles was "constitutional" and “lawful” but wasn’t able to provide the specific statute that authorized the administration to deploy active-duty Marines.

After persistent questioning from members of Congress, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth turned to his acting comptroller, Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell, who provided the amount it would cost to send the National Guard and Marines to immigration protests in Los Angeles.

Marines transition from training to operational support in Los Angeles despite legal challenges from Governor Gavin Newsom, as officials defend deployment to protect law enforcement during protests.

Senate Democrats grilled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Trump administration’s rationale for sending National Guard members and active-duty Marines into Los Angeles. Sen. Tammy Baldwin – one of those Democrats – joins The Weeknight.