National Guard and Domestic Deployment

After a Supreme Court emergency ruling that blocked his effort to federalize troops for the Chicago area, President Trump announced on Truth Social he is "dropping" his push to deploy National Guard forces to Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland "for now," warning he may return "in a much different and stronger form." The move follows a string of legal setbacks — including court orders that prevented Portland and Chicago troops from patrolling and a DOJ withdrawal at the Ninth Circuit conceding California Guard members must be returned to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s control (California troops had already left) — while federalized Guard missions remain in places such as Washington, New Orleans, Memphis and Tennessee.