It’s an unreal spectacle.

No final decision has been made, but the proposal comes as President Trump increasingly uses the military in various aspects of domestic life.

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The plans involve sending in hundreds of homeland security officers and using a naval base as a staging area.

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Readers react to the Trump administration’s deployment of U.S. military in cities. Also: A California voter’s choice on gerrymandering; the impact of ICE raids.

The Democratic Party is counting on a new type of leader to counteract Trump.

The journalist Radley Balko explains the mechanisms Trump is using to create a personal army.

In the space of a summer, Trump has changed or is trying to change what the National Guard generally does.

The jarring juxtapositions in Richard Misrach’s photographs of New Orleans whiplash the viewer between bleak slapstick and horror.

Washington’s increasing focus on Beijing is straining the decades-old alliance between South Korea and the United States.

Jinchao Wei provided a Chinese intelligence officer with defense and weapons abilities of U.S. warships, including their vulnerabilities, prosecutors said.

Even as the president is putting on a show, he’s also doing everything he can to reach his ultimate aim.

The nation’s most trusted institution must not be reduced to a political tool.

It’s been a summer full of Trump’s overreach. Our round table convenes to discuss.

The president and his allies have reshaped the military for their own purposes.

If the actual conditions of reality will not give him a state of exception, he’ll create one himself.

Readers criticize the president’s order to send in federal troops. Also: The Trump-Putin summit in Alaska; fake science papers; defining masculinity.

Six months into the president’s second term, the National Guard has already been deployed twice — once for protests and once for local crime concerns.

Documents examined by researchers show how one company in China has collected data on members of Congress and other influential Americans.

Recent drills near Japan reflect China’s ambitions to extend its navy’s reach and exert greater influence, in the Pacific and beyond.

A four-day test in the Alaska wilderness shows how far the U.S. military and American drone companies lag behind China in the technology.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio wants to bolster ties with Asia to counter Beijing’s power, but President Trump’s tariff threats have nations asking why they should align with Washington.

By attacking Iran, President Trump has shown he is willing to engage in a distant war. This raises questions in Beijing about what he might risk for Taiwan.

Beijing is one of Tehran’s most important economic partners. But experts question how much China will help Iran if it retaliates against the United States.

China, which depends on Iran for oil and to counter American influence, has a lot to lose from a wider war. But there’s not much it can do about it.