Trump to pull National Guard from three citiesReuters and AP, WASHINGTONUS President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration was removing — for now — the US National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks held up the effort. Governors typically control states’ National Guards, and Trump had deployed troops to all three cities against the wishes of state and local Democratic leaders. The court said the president’s authority to take federal control of National Guard troops likely only applies in “exceptional” circumstances. The local leaders who opposed Trump’s deployment of the National Guard on Wednesday said the legal challenges compelled him to end the deployments in those cities. “We’ve said it from day one: the federal takeover of California’s National Guard is illegal.”In New Orleans, about 350 National Guard troops deployed by Trump arrived in the city’s historic French Quarter on Tuesday and were set to stay through Mardi Gras to help with safety.

Source: Taipei Times January 01, 2026 17:30 UTC