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National Guard members take a staircase toward the U.S. Capitol building before a rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden's Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Jan. 18, 2021. Soldiers are leaving the Army National Guard at a faster rate than they are enlisting, fueling concerns that in the coming years units around the country may not meet military requirements for overseas and other deployments. Officials say the number of soldiers retiring or leaving the Guard each month in the past year has exceeded those coming in, for a total annual loss of about 7,500 service members. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

National Guard struggles as troops leave at faster pace

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Welcome Illegal Immigrants to the DC Sanctuary City Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Why is D.C.’s Mayor Bowser so afraid of illegal immigrants?

By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times

Spc. Brady McNeil, a radiologist with the Vermont Army National Guard, draws up a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 during a vaccination clinic at the Brattleboro Area Middle School, April 14, 2021, in Brattleboro, Vt. The Army says it will start booting out soldiers who refuse to take the COVID-19 shot only days after yet another fully-vaccinated and boosted senior Pentagon official tested positive for the coronavirus. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP, File)

House GOP urges Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to drop vaccine mandate on National Guard

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

With the White House in the background, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser waves as she arrives to speak during the second March for Our Lives rally in support of gun control, Saturday, June 11, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

House approves measure to give D.C. mayor authority to deploy National Guard

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Staff Sgt. Travis Snyder, left, receives the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine given at Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, Dec. 16, 2020, south of Seattle. The Army says 98% of its active duty force had gotten at least one dose of the mandatory coronavirus vaccine as of this week’s deadline for the shots. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ** FILE **

Army stops pay for guard and reserve troops who won’t get a COVID-19 vaccine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, center, and his wife Fran, right, talk with specialist Emily Milosevic as they tour the Defense Supply Center Columbus in Columbus, Ohio, as members of the Ohio Army National Guard prepare to deploy to aid Ohio hospitals during the current surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations Jan. 6, 2022. Up to 40,000 Army National Guard soldiers across the country - or about 13% of the force — have not yet gotten the mandated COVID-19 vaccine, and as the deadline for shots looms, at least 14,000 of them have flatly refused and could be forced out of the service. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon, File)

Army Guard troops risk dismissal as vaccine deadline looms

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Migrants walk past razor wire fencing to be taken by the Border Patrol after crossing the Rio Grande river in Eagle Pass, Texas, Sunday,May 22, 2022. The U.S. government has expelled migrants more than 1.9 million times under Title 42, named for a 1944 public health law, denying them a chance to seek asylum as permitted under U.S. law and international treaty for purposes of preventing the spread of COVID-19. President Joe Biden wanted to end Title 42, but a federal judge in Louisiana issued a nationwide injunction that keeps it intact. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Texas plugs Biden’s border gaps with razor wire and prosecutions

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Sens. Rubio, Feinstein introduce bill to create Space National Guard

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A display of the fentanyl and meth that was seized by Customs and Border Protection officers is shown during a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Nogales, Ariz. A Mexican national was sentenced Friday to nine years in federal prison for trafficking the largest amounts of methamphetamine and fentanyl seized by U.S. authorities in 2021 and 2022. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP, File)

States look for solutions as U.S. fentanyl deaths keep rising

By Geoff Mulvihill - Associated Press

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens during a news conference at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Gov. DeSantis rejects Biden’s request for National Guard troops for State of the Union

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

National Guard troops reinforce security around the U.S. Capitol ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Guard will assist D.C. police during trucker convoy protest

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Heavy vehicles, including garbage trucks and snow plows, are set near the entrance to Capitol Hill at Pennsylvania Avenue and 3rd Street NW in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, amid reports that trucker protests will arrive on March 1, the day of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pentagon approves deployment of 700 National Guard troops to D.C. ahead of trucker convoys

By Ashraf Khalil and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

In this June 3, 2020 file photo members of the District of Columbia Army National Guard stand guard at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington securing the area as protests continue following the death of George Floyd, a who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. An Ohio National Guardsman was removed from policing protests in Washington D.C. after the FBI found he expressed white supremacist ideology online, Gov. Mike DeWine announced in a briefing Friday, June 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Pentagon weighs National Guard mobilization ahead of trucker convoys arriving in Washington

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 4, 2020, photo, protesters representing Black Lives Matter and Protect the Results march in Seattle. A financial snapshot shared exclusively with The Associated Press shows the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation raked in just over $90 million last year. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) **FILE**

Army reverses reprimand for ex-National Guard officer who attended Black Lives Matter protest

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Nov. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Oklahoma weighs next move after court upholds COVID-19 vaccine mandate for National Guard

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times