Trump backs away from deploying national guard in Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland
Dec 31, 2025
Decision comes after DoJ stopped contesting California court’s ruling to return control of guard to state’s governorDonald Trump has staged a sudden climbdown from his attempts to impose federal troops in law enforcement roles on Democratic-run cities, announcing on Wednesday that he was ending
attempted deployments from Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland.The unexpected shift came after justice department lawyers said they were no longer contesting a California court’s ruling that returned the national guard troops to the authority of Gavin Newsom, the state’s governor. It also followed a rare rebuke from the US supreme court, which blocked the White House’s efforts to deploy national guards in Illinois. Continue reading...
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