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Congressmen call for immediate interagency action to secure airspace over \u200cthe 11 US \u200bWorld Cup 2026 host cities.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 28 Apr 2026<\/span>28 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u200cTwo Republican members of Congress are calling on the Trump \u2060administration to \u2060empower the National Guard to address potential drone-related threats and ensure a \u201cunified federal security posture\u201d at the upcoming World \u2060Cup games.<\/p>\n The letter by US Representatives Michael McCaul and Elijah Crane, who both sit on the House of Representatives\u2019 Committee on Homeland \u2060Security, was sent to US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche and Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Friday.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n McCaul and Crane called for immediate interagency action to secure the airspace over \u200cthe 11 US cities hosting World Cup matches this year.<\/p>\n Potential personnel shortages and complex jurisdictional divides between event organisers and host cities risk creating a fragmented environment, they said, adding that the situation requires a unified federal security posture.<\/p>\n \u201cWith its rapid deployability, nationwide scalability, and extensive experience responding to domestic emergencies, the National \u2060Guard is uniquely positioned to assist federal and \u2060state authorities with C-UAS mitigation and unified coordination for World Cup security,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice and the Pentagon did not immediately respond to requests \u2060for comment. The call to deputise troops to respond to drone threats came a day before \u2060a gunman opened fire at the White \u2060House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner in Washington, raising new security concerns about this year\u2019s World Cup games.<\/p>\n The White House said on Monday that the matches will be safe following Saturday\u2019s \u200cshooting.<\/p>\n \u201cPresident Trump is focused on ensuring that this is not only an incredible experience for all fans and visitors, but also the \u200csafest \u200cand most secure in history,\u201d White House spokesman Davis Ingle said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Congressmen call for immediate interagency action to secure airspace over \u200cthe 11 US \u200bWorld Cup 2026 host cities. Published On 28 Apr 202628 Apr 2026 \u200cTwo Republican members of Congress are calling on the Trump \u2060administration to \u2060empower the National Guard to address potential drone-related threats and ensure a \u201cunified federal security posture\u201d at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-canada-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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