Trump Halts National Guard Deployments in LA, Chicago, Portland

• US President Donald Trump announced an end to National Guard deployments in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Portland.
• The decision follows the US Justice Department dropping its challenge to a California court ruling and a US Supreme Court block on Illinois deployment.
• Trump claims the move is temporary, vowing future redeployments and asserting the initiative reduced crime.
• Democratic governors and mayors, including California's Gavin Newsom, strongly opposed the federal deployments.
• The retreat casts doubt on planned National Guard deployments in other cities like Washington DC and New Orleans.

Why It Matters: Trump retreats from federal National Guard deployments in Democratic-run cities after legal challenges.