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Updated 5:14 PM ET, Mon January 25, 2021 (CNN)More than 5,000 National Guard troops will remain in Washington through mid-March to provide security amid concerns over potential unrest in the coming weeks, acting Secretary of the Army John Whitley said in a press briefing on Monday. There are currently 15,000 troops in the city with the numbers due to be reduced to 7,000 by the end of the week and 5,600 by mid-March, according to National Guard Bureau Chief Gen. Daniel Hokanson. Five hundred members will support the US Park Police and 550 members will support the Metropolitan Police Departm...

  A dark foreboding has descended over D.C. as the administration implies that National guardsmen may have to turn against their fellow Americans, some warn. Or is it just the act of a fearful, arrogant elitist Administration only interested in saving their own hides as they are hell bent of putting the final nail in the coffin for Trump? Maybe, but not likely as this Administration is aware that best way to control human subjects is through oppression and fear. More from the Army Yes Men: Airmen and soldiers with the Alaska National Guard assist local authorities with security near the S...

Major General William J. Walker told The Washington Poston Tuesday that his authority as a commander – which typically allows him to deploy National Guard troops in an emergency – was essentially removed prior to the riot carried out by the former president’s supporters. The Pentagon had required higher level sign-off for any National Guard deployment on the day the attack on the US Capitol took place, amid other powers, Gen. Walker told the Post.  "All military commanders normally have immediate response authority to protect property, life, and in my case, federal functions – fede...

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CLAIM: Donald Trump invited National Guard members to stay at Trump Hotel in Washington so they don’t have to sleep in a cold parking garage.  AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. A spokesperson with the...