Trump Retreats: Federal Guard Deployment Halted in Major Cities

President Donald Trump has abruptly ended his effort to deploy federalized National Guard troops for law enforcement in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Portland. The reversal came on Wednesday. It followed a legal defeat when the U.S. Justice Department stopped fighting a California court order. That order returned control of the state's National Guard to Governor Gavin Newsom. The decision also came after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a similar White House plan for Illinois. The court's move was a rare legal setback for the administration. The attempted deployments had targeted major cities led by Democratic officials. The federal government has now withdrawn the plan.