On June 1, 2020, amid the George Floyd protests in Washington, D.C., security forces deployed tear gas and other riot control tactics to forcefully clear Lafayette Square and surrounding streets of peaceful protesters to create a path for President Trump and senior administration officials to walk from the White House to St. John's Episcopal Church for a photo op. Just before visiting the ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). More than 28,300,000 confirmed cases have been reported since January 2020, resulting in more than 504,000 deaths, the most of any country and the ninth-highest per capita. The U.S. has nearly a quarter of the world's cases and a fifth of all deaths. More Americans have died ...
- Wuhan, Hubei, China
- SARS-CoV-2
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, 326 Indian reservations, and some minor possessions.
- United States dollar ($) (USD)
- None at the federal level
The number of active duty Air Force Bases within the United States rose from 115 in 1947 to peak at 162 in 1956 before declining to 69 in 2003 and 59 in 2020. This change reflects a Cold War expansion, retirement of much of the strategic bomber force, and the post-Cold War draw-down.
The United States Department of the Army (DA) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America.The Department of the Army is the federal government agency within which the United States Army (USA) is organized, and it is led by the secretary of the Army, who has statutory authority under 10 U.S.C. § 3013 to conduct its affairs and to ...
- $180B (FY2020)
- The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
- September 18, 1947; 73 years ago
- U.S. Department of Defense
Our Forces. The Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force and Coast Guard are the armed forces of the United States. The Army National Guard and the Air National Guard are reserve ...
While the National Guard is a militia force organized by each state, it is also a reserve federal military force of the United States Armed Forces. [1] [2] The National Guard is joint reserve component of the United States Army and the United States Air Force and are made up of National Guard members from the states appointed to federal ...
Sep 02, 2020 · The federal government has a right to protect federal property - and a 2002 law details that federal officers can be deployed for "the protection of property owned or occupied by the federal ...
Jun 01, 2020 · President Trump on Monday activated a law allowing him to send military forces to states rocked by unrest over the death of George Floyd in an incredible White House Rose Garden address rocked by ...
Jun 01, 2020 · The 213-year-old law allows a president to "call forth the militia for the purpose of suppressing" an insurrection. Trump threatened to deploy the military to states that don't quell violent protests.