California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans Monday to withdraw several hundred National Guard troops from the state’s southern border with Mexico in defiance of the Trump administration’s request for support from border states.
China is allowing a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and its battle group to make a port call in Hong Kong after it earlier turned down a similar request amid tensions with Washington.
The Pentagon is asking Congress to reprogram $416 million allocated for various military accounts to pay for missile defense programs as the Trump administrations mulls military responses to North Korea’s recent belligerence.