Overview
- Trump said the withdrawals are temporary and warned federal forces could return in a “much different and stronger form.”
- An unsigned Supreme Court order said the government had not identified legal authority to use the military to execute the laws in Illinois at this stage.
- Justice Department lawyers withdrew a bid to keep California Guard units under federal control, clearing the way for their return to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
- Troops had left Los Angeles streets by mid-December, and forces sent toward Chicago and Portland were never deployed publicly as courts blocked or limited operations.
- Guard presences elsewhere continue or are contested, with Washington, D.C., remaining under an appeals court ruling and New Orleans receiving state-supported deployments as litigation proceeds.