Pentagon Readies 1,500 Troops For Potential Minnesota Deployment, U.S. Officials Say

The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers in Alaska to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of large protests against the government’s deportation drive, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday. The army placed the units on prepare-to-deploy orders in case violence in the midwestern state escalates, the officials said, though ...