The US military is deploying more than 4,000 Marines and sailors to the waters around Latin America and the Caribbean as part of a ramped-up effort to combat drug cartels, two US defense officials told CNN — a dramatic show of force that will give the president a broad range of military options should he want to target drug cartels.

Are there any limits on President Donald Trump’s push to send troops into states that don’t want them? A judge will soon decide.

By ordering 800 National Guard troops to Washington, on the pretext of an illusory crime wave, President Trump has further dragged the U.S. military into domestic law enforcement, in a move credibly perceived as an ominous “test case.” This continues what the administration started in California in June as part of the its deportation efforts.

Lawyers for President Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom faced off over the National Guard deployment in Los Angeles — and debated whether they were subject to a "constitutional exception."

His deployment of the National Guard in D.C. comes as he plans to broaden the use of U.S. military bases for immigrant detention centers.

L.A. and D.C. are only the beginning, as the president’s team has been drawing up plans to unleash federal forces in other Democratic strongholds

The National Guard troops who will move into Washington, D.C., will not perform law enforcement tasks but may be able to detain people temporarily, officials said.

A New York Times essay written by former National Security Council members lamented how the military is not resisting President Donald Trump’s deployment efforts.