The National Guard is planning to train hundreds of troops in each state to be part of a rapid-response force focused on civil disturbance missions by the start of next year, two U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

It seems unrealistic to suppose that governments will just sit idly by as this wealth moves around. We would expect governments to attempt to mobilize that wealth to help fund their debt,” UBS chief economist Paul Donovan said.

The appeals court that paved the way for President Donald Trump to deploy National Guard troops in Portland while the state’s legal case against the administration plays out announced Tuesday it will reconsider its decision.

The U.S. Supreme Court signaled on Wednesday that it is actively debating how to interpret the wording of a law that limits when a president can use members of the National Guard in a challenge to President Donald Trump's bid to dispatch troops to the Chicago area.

Xi meeting approaches, former national security officials say the president has made trade concessions that aid him politically.

The National Hurricane Center's 8 a.m. Wednesday update reported that Category 2 Hurricane Melissa is 45 miles northwest of Guantanamo Cuba and 205 miles south of the Central Bahamas. The hurricane is moving to the north-northeast at 14 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.