National Guard & Domestic Security

President Trump ordered the withdrawal of all Title 10 National Guard troops from Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland — demobilized by Jan. 21, 2026 — ending deployments he federally authorized in June 2025 to “protect ICE and federal property amid immigration unrest”; the pullout removed more than 5,000 Guard members in Los Angeles, about 500 in Chicago and 200 in Portland. Trump said the deployments had “greatly reduced” crime and warned on Truth Social they could “come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form” if crime rises, while local leaders and Democratic critics called the federalization politically motivated, bypassing governors and prompting lawsuits and a Supreme Court ruling that blocked a Chicago deployment.