There are 36 article(s) tagged National Guard deployment:

• September 2025

  • Do residents think National Guard is the answer to crime?

    Daily Memphian reporters talked to Memphis residents to find out if they support President Donald Trump’s new task force.

    See The Daily Memphian’s full coverage of the Memphis Safe Task Force

    By Lydia Williams, Laura Testino September 17, 2025

  • How D.C. federal law enforcement efforts could inform what happens in Memphis

    President Donald Trump said Memphis will be a “replica” of D.C. with the National Guard. What has it looked like in the nation’s capital?

    By Aarron Fleming September 17, 2025

  • President Trump and Gov. Lee plan to talk next week about deploying National Guard to Memphis

    Gov. Bill Lee’s call with President Donald Trump followed the president’s Friday morning announcement on Fox News that he would send the guard to Memphis.

    By Samuel Hardiman September 15, 2025

  • What’s next in the Republican race for Shelby County mayor?

    For now, the 2026 Republican primary has no candidates for Shelby County mayor. Where does that leave the race? Also in the political roundup, more reaction to the National Guard coming to the city and a golf net at Audubon.

    By Bill Dries September 15, 2025

  • What a giant train merger has to do with National Guard in Memphis

    A former FedEx board member suggested President Donald Trump send the National Guard to Memphis.

    By Laura Testino September 14, 2025

  • Gov. Lee, President Trump to ‘work out details’ on National Guard deployment to Memphis

    “I’ve been in close contact with the Administration throughout the week, and will be speaking with President Trump this afternoon to work out details of the mission,” Gov. Bill Lee said.

    By Samuel Hardiman September 12, 2025

  • ‘The world will get an opportunity to watch us succeed,’ Mayor Young says

    “I did not ask for the National Guard, and I don’t think it’s the way to drive down crime. However, that decision has been made,” Memphis Mayor Paul Young said.

    By Laura Testino, Samuel Hardiman September 12, 2025

  • Mayor Young’s strategy for working with the National Guard

    The arrival of National Guard troops in Memphis is the most rigorous test yet of Mayor Paul Young’s strategy for working with Republicans at the state and federal levels in the Tennessee’s bluest city.

    By Bill Dries September 12, 2025

  • C.J. Davis to remain Memphis’ top cop amid National Guard deployment

    Chief C.J. Davis will remain the city’s top law enforcement officer when the National Guard arrives, Davis and Memphis Mayor Paul Young said Friday.

    By Samuel Hardiman September 12, 2025

  • Cohen says mayor has little choice in National Guard deployment to Memphis: ‘The mayor’s got a tough job’

    “If (Trump) will say ... after the National Guard leaves and tells the world that Memphis is the safest city in the world, Donald come on,” U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen said Friday.

    By Bill Dries September 12, 2025

• June 2025

  • Opinion: How will the images from Los Angeles shape the rising generation?

    “This week (today’s teenagers) saw the military apparatus of their country deployed against their fellow citizens under the guise of ‘serving and protecting.’”

    By Joshua Henry Narcisse June 15, 2025