Mississippi's National Guard was activated on Tuesday to help hand out water to tens of thousands of Jackson residents after a long-neglected treatment plant broke down, leaving most of the state capital without safe running water, possibly for days.

The Pentagon has approved the deployment of hundreds of unarmed National Guard troops to the nation's capital, ahead of a truck convoy protest against pandemic restrictions planned for the next week.

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said in an email ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot that the National Guard would be present to “protect pro Trump people,” a congressional committee said in a report issued on Sunday.

The commander of DC National Guard has called for retraction of a Pentagon report on the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol by supporters of former US President Donald Trump.

Pentagon says it will respond "appropriately" after Oklahoma National Guard said it will not follow the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

The US National Guard has been forced to cancel some of its trainings after Congress failed to reimburse the costs of the forces’ deployment to end former US President Donald Trump's supporters raid against the Capital premises on January 6.

US National Guard wants reimbursement for protecting Capitol during pro-Trump protests