Domestic Troop Deployments

Updated2026-11-09 Covers2025-01-20 to 2026-11-02

Summary

From June 2025 to January 2026, Trump sent National Guard troops into American cities. In Los Angeles he also sent active-duty Marines.¹,² Some governors objected. In those states, Trump federalized their Guard, which means he put it under federal command. He used a federal law, 10 U.S.C. § 12406,³⁵ that allows this only in three cases: an invasion, a rebellion, or when regular forces cannot carry out federal law.¹ Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, found that “the President’s determination was simply untethered to the facts,” and blocked the Portland deployment.³ Judge Charles Breyer ruled that the Los Angeles mission broke the Posse Comitatus Act.⁴ That law bars the military from doing ordinary police work inside the United States.³⁶ A court had blocked the Illinois deployment, and the Supreme Court refused to pause that order. After that, Trump pulled troops out of Chicago, Portland and Los Angeles.⁵,⁶ As of November 2026, deployments that governors agreed to are still going on. One is in Memphis. In July 2026, Guard soldiers there shot and killed Tyrin Johnson. In July 2026, the D.C. Guard mission grew to nearly 5,000 troops. It has been extended to Inauguration Day 2029.⁸,⁴⁵

Background

The Posse Comitatus Act (18 U.S.C. § 1385) bars federal troops from doing police work inside the country. The only exceptions are ones that a law passed by Congress allows.¹ One such law, 10 U.S.C. § 12406, lets the president take command of a state’s Guard. He may do so only for an invasion by a foreign nation, a rebellion, or when regular forces cannot carry out the laws.¹ California’s lawsuit says that law was last used in the 1970 postal strike. It also says the June 2025 order was the first time since 1965 that a president called up a state’s Guard without the governor asking for it.¹ The Insurrection Act³⁷ is a separate exception. It is a law that lets the President use the military inside the United States in a rebellion or when laws cannot be enforced otherwise. The record shows it was discussed but not used.²¹

Washington, D.C. is run differently. The president commands the D.C. Guard under a city law (D.C. Code § 49-409).⁵⁰ The Home Rule Act is the law that lets D.C. govern itself. It has an emergency section³⁸ that lets the president direct the city’s police.⁹ In other states, when the governor agrees, the Guard can deploy under state command but be paid by the federal government. This is called Title 32 status,³⁹ and it does not require using § 12406.¹⁰,¹¹

What happened

Border emergency and executive orders

On Jan 20, 2025, Proclamation 10886 declared a national emergency at the southern border. A proclamation is a formal public announcement by the President. This one said the emergency “requires use of the Armed Forces.” It used 10 U.S.C. § 12302⁴² to call up the Ready Reserve and National Guard. Their job was to help the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) gain “complete operational control” of the border. It also used 10 U.S.C. § 2808⁴³ to move Pentagon emergency military-construction money to the border wall.³¹ A July 15, 2025 notice let DHS also use the reserve call-up power for the Coast Guard. The emergency was formally continued on Jan 12, 2026.³¹

On Mar 27, 2025, executive order (EO) 14252 created a D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force run by the White House. An executive order is a written order from the President to the agencies he runs. The Homeland Security Advisor chaired the task force. Its jobs included more federal law-enforcement presence, Park Police enforcement and clearing homeless camps on federal land.³² EO 14288 (Apr 28) told the Defense and Justice departments to give more surplus military and national-security equipment to local police. It gave the Defense Department 90 days to decide how “military and national security assets… and personnel” can be used “to prevent crime”.³³

Los Angeles

On June 7, 2025, after protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations, Trump federalized 2,000 California Guard troops. He later raised the number to 4,000, over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s objection.¹ On June 9, 2025 he posted “Looking really bad in L.A. BRING IN THE TROOPS!!!” That same day, 700 active-duty Marines were ordered in.² On Sept 2, 2025, Judge Charles Breyer ruled that the Los Angeles deployment broke the Posse Comitatus Act.⁴ On Dec 10, 2025 Breyer ordered the Los Angeles mission to end. He wrote, “It is profoundly un-American to suggest that people peacefully exercising their fundamental right to protest constitute a risk justifying the federalization of military forces.”²⁴ On Oct 23, 2026, a Ninth Circuit appeals panel ruled 2–1 that the June 2025 Los Angeles federalization was likely unlawful. It agreed with Breyer and found Los Angeles was not in “rebellion.”²⁷

Portland and Chicago

On Sept 8, 2025, Operation Midway Blitz began in Chicago. It was run from Naval Station Great Lakes, and Gov. JB Pritzker was not told in advance¹⁴ (see City Enforcement Operations and Fatal Shootings).

On Sept 27, 2025, Trump sent troops to “war ravaged” Portland to protect ICE buildings. He authorized “Full Force, if necessary.”⁵⁵ On Sept 28 the administration federalized 200 Oregon Guard members over Gov. Tina Kotek’s objection.⁵⁶ On Oct 2 the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a “Suggestion of Recusal.” It asked Judge Simon to step aside from Oregon v. Trump because his spouse, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, had publicly opposed the deployment. The record does not show how this was resolved.⁴⁹ On Oct 4 Judge Karin Immergut, whom Trump appointed, blocked the deployment. She found the protests were not a “rebellion.”³ She found that “the President’s determination was simply untethered to the facts.” She also wrote, “this is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law.”³ The administration then tried to send California and Texas Guard troops instead. A second order (Oct 5) barred any Guard deployment.⁵⁷ A Ninth Circuit panel lifted the first order by a 2–1 vote on Oct 20.¹⁶ DOJ then corrected its count of Federal Protective Service officers sent to Portland from 115 to 86, and it expressed regret. “We deeply regret these errors,” DOJ said. On Oct 28 the full appeals court cancelled the panel’s ruling so it could hear the case again.¹⁷

In Chicago, Trump authorized federalizing 300 Illinois Guard troops plus Texas Guard on Oct 4–6, 2025.⁵⁹ On Oct 9, Judge April Perry blocked the deployment.⁶⁰ On Oct 16 the Seventh Circuit appeals court allowed federalization. But it kept the deployment blocked, writing, “Political opposition is not rebellion.”¹⁸ On Dec 23 the Supreme Court denied a stay in Trump v. Illinois.⁴⁰ A stay is a court’s pause on a ruling while an appeal goes forward. By refusing one, the Supreme Court left in place the order barring federalization of the Illinois Guard.⁵,⁶ On Dec 31 Trump announced he was pulling troops out of Chicago, Portland and Los Angeles. He said troops could return “in a much different and stronger form.”⁶

Washington, D.C.

On Aug 5, 2025 Trump posted about an Aug 3 attempted carjacking. He said former DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) staffer Edward Coristine, 19, had been “beaten mercilessly.” He said he would “FEDERALIZE this City.” Two 15-year-olds were arrested, and no one was taken to the hospital.¹²,⁵⁴ On Aug 11 Trump used the Home Rule Act’s emergency section to take direction of the D.C. police. He also deployed 800 D.C. Guard troops. D.C. homicides had fallen 32% in 2024.⁹ On Aug 25 he signed EO 14339, which ordered a special D.C. National Guard unit “dedicated to ensuring public safety and order.” It also told the Defense Secretary to make sure each state’s Guard is trained and available for “quelling civil disturbances,” with units set aside for rapid use.³⁴ Federal direction of the police ended Sept 10, and the Guard stayed through February 2026.¹³,⁷

On Nov 26, 2025, two West Virginia Guard members were shot near the White House.²² Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe was critically wounded.²² The suspect was an Afghan evacuee who had been granted asylum in April 2025.²² Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said 500 more Guard members were being sent to D.C. Trump paused broad categories of immigration²³ (see Travel Bans, Refugees and Denaturalization).

In May 2026, a federal law-enforcement “summer surge” was announced. Under it, the D.C. Guard mission grew from 2,429 troops in January to nearly 5,000 troops in July. They came from more than 20 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.⁷,⁴⁵ Six Democratic-led states sent troops, on orders limited to America 250 events. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz pulled his state’s more than 100 troops out early after videos showed them on neighborhood patrols. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer threatened to pull out Michigan’s 162 if they were used for law enforcement.⁴⁵ On July 14 the Pentagon confirmed to NPR that the mission will run through Inauguration Day 2029 unless the president decides otherwise. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called it “a righteous and beautiful mission.”⁴⁵ State troops serve under Title 32, under state command but paid by the federal government. The U.S. Marshals Service deputized and armed them. They may detain people but may not arrest them.⁴⁵ The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) puts the cost at about $600 per troop per day. The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) estimates $2.5–3.4 billion for the extension. About 4,700 troops remained on Aug 8.⁴⁵

Guard support for ICE under Title 32

On July 25, 2025, the Pentagon authorized Guard troops in 20 Republican-led states to help ICE under Title 32, with a target of about 1,700 troops. Their work was “case management, transportation and logistical support, and clerical support”. They took over from Marines and Naval Reserve members who had done ICE logistics under federal command (Title 10).⁴⁴ Vermont Gov. Phil Scott said no. Florida activated its first 25 troops on Aug 5.⁴⁴,⁵³ Analysts told the Christian Science Monitor they knew of no earlier use of Title 32 to help ICE away from the border.⁴⁴ Some states later extended this help. Iowa’s Guard support for ICE was extended to Sept 30, 2026. The Iowa Guard said its members “will not engage in law enforcement.”⁶¹ On Oct 5, 2026, South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden extended the office work of seven Guard members for ICE through Sept 30, 2027, paid with federal money. His office says they have helped ICE process 1,013 deportations since July 2025.⁶³

Memphis and New Orleans task forces

On Sept 15, 2025, Trump created the Memphis Safe Task Force, which included the Tennessee Guard.¹⁰ Republican Gov. Bill Lee backed it. Memphis Mayor Paul Young said he never asked for the Guard. Six days earlier, Memphis police had reported crime at a 25-year low.¹⁰ An MLK50/ProPublica analysis found more than 800 immigration arrests in four months.¹⁰ About 2% of those arrested also faced violent-crime charges. About four in five were arrested after traffic stops for minor violations.¹⁰ Federal authorities killed at least four people during task-force operations.¹⁰ The same model, based on the governor’s consent, was later used in New Orleans. There, about 120 of some 350 Guard troops were kept on through August 2026.¹⁰,¹¹ WWNO reported on Aug 21, 2026 that the Louisiana Guard’s last day of operations in New Orleans would be Aug 24 and its last day in the city Aug 31.⁶²

On July 5, 2026, two Tennessee Guard soldiers on Memphis task-force patrol shot and killed Tyrin Johnson, 20, after a foot chase. Police say he “turned toward” them with a gun.⁸ The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) is investigating.⁸ On Nov 2, 2026, the district attorney’s office released video of the moments after the shooting. The video does not show the shooting itself. An autopsy report shared by Johnson’s family found he was shot in the back. That conflicts with police and Guard accounts that he was facing the soldiers with a gun. District Attorney Steve Mulroy has not decided whether to file charges.⁶⁴ By July 13, NPR counted five shootings by task-force members, four of them fatal. In October 2025, an attempted-robbery suspect was wounded. On May 13⁵¹ and July 8, 2026,⁵² Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents serving warrants killed men. Johnson was another. Jonah Neal, 25, was shot by a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agent on May 20 after his mother called 911 during a mental-health crisis. All five shootings were under TBI investigation.⁴⁷,⁴⁸ The TBI said it was “not immediately clear” whether Neal died from the gunfire or from self-inflicted stab wounds. The family’s lawyer said on Sept 2 that the death certificate lists homicide by gunshot wound.⁴⁸

Insurrection Act statements

On Sept 30, 2025, Trump spoke to several hundred generals and admirals at Quantico. He said the cities should be “training grounds for our military” against “a war from within.”¹⁹,²⁰ On Oct 6 he told reporters, “We have an Insurrection Act for a reason. If people were being killed and courts were holding us up, or governors or mayors were holding us up, sure.”²¹ On Fox News Sunday on Oct 19, he discussed the city deployments. He said, “I can use the Insurrection Act… that’s unquestioned power,” and “I choose not to.”⁴⁶ On Jan 15, 2026, Trump said he might use the Insurrection Act over protests in Minneapolis. The protests followed an ICE officer’s killing of Renée Good.²⁵ Up to 1,500 active-duty soldiers were put on standby Jan 18, then stood down around Feb 1.²⁶

Key dates

• 2025-06-07 — Los Angeles Guard federalized — → ledger
• 2025-08-11 — D.C. police federalized; D.C. Guard deployed — → ledger
• 2025-09-02 — Breyer finds a Posse Comitatus violation — → ledger
• 2025-09-15 — Memphis Safe Task Force — → ledger
• 2025-09-27 — Trump orders Guard to Portland — → ledger
• 2025-10-04 — Immergut blocks the Portland deployment — → ledger
• 2025-10-04 — Chicago Guard deployment authorized — → ledger
• 2025-10-09 — Perry blocks the Chicago deployment — → ledger
• 2025-11-26 — D.C. Guard members shot — → ledger
• 2025-12-10 — Breyer ends the Los Angeles mission — → ledger
• 2025-12-23 — Supreme Court denies stay in Trump v. Illinois — → ledger
• 2025-12-31 — Withdrawal from Chicago, Portland and Los Angeles — → ledger
• 2026-07-05 — Guard soldiers kill Tyrin Johnson in Memphis — → ledger
• 2026-07-14 — D.C. Guard surge; mission extended to 2029 — → ledger
• 2026-10-23 — Ninth Circuit: Los Angeles federalization likely unlawful — → ledger

Why it matters

10 U.S.C. § 12406. This law lets the President take command of a state’s Guard only for an invasion, a rebellion, or when regular forces cannot carry out federal law. The legal question has two parts. Did those conditions exist in Los Angeles, Portland and Chicago? And how much should courts defer to the President’s judgment?¹ The record shows no other legal basis from the administration. It shows only its use of § 12406 and its stated goal of protecting ICE buildings.¹,⁵⁵ Immergut found Portland’s protests were not a “rebellion,” and her second order barred sending Guard from other states instead.³,⁵⁷ The Seventh Circuit held, “Political opposition is not rebellion.”¹⁸ The Supreme Court denied a stay in Trump v. Illinois (Dec 23, 2025).⁵ On Oct 23, 2026 a Ninth Circuit panel held the Los Angeles federalization likely unlawful. In June 2025, the same panel had sided with Trump.²⁷

Posse Comitatus Act (18 U.S.C. § 1385) and the Insurrection Act (10 U.S.C. §§ 251–255). Breyer ruled on Sept 2, 2025 that the Los Angeles deployment broke the Posse Comitatus Act.⁴ His Dec 10 order barred troops from arrests, searches, traffic and crowd control, and questioning people.²⁴ That court order is on a separate appeal that has not been decided.²⁷ The Insurrection Act would provide an exception to the Posse Comitatus ban. Trump called it “unquestioned power,” and troops were put on standby for Minnesota. But it was not used (see Insurrection Act statements above).²¹,⁴⁶,²⁶

D.C. Home Rule Act (D.C. Code § 1-207.40) and D.C. Code § 49-409. Trump used the Home Rule Act’s emergency section on Aug 11, 2025.⁹ Judge Jia Cobb ruled in 2025 that the D.C. Guard deployment was likely unlawful. The D.C. Circuit appeals court paused her ruling. An Army memo extending the mission cited “the conditions of the mission.”⁷ The extension to 2029 rests on two things. One is the President’s command of the D.C. Guard (§ 49-409). The other is Title 32 status for troops from the states. Elizabeth Goitein of the Brennan Center said, “an emergency is a sudden, unforeseen, and temporary state of affairs.”⁴⁵ Spc. Sarah Beckstrom was killed while deployed in D.C.²²

Title 32 consent-based deployments (32 U.S.C. § 502(f)). When a governor agrees to a deployment, § 12406 is not needed. In Tennessee, a state court blocked the Memphis deployment under state law on Nov 17, 2025, but an appeals court reversed that ruling on Apr 28, 2026. The appeals court ruled on standing, which is the right to bring a case.¹⁰,²⁹ The ICE-support plan in 20 states also depends on governors who agree. Title 32 keeps troops under state command. That puts them outside the rules for federal forces that the Posse Comitatus Act governs. Joseph Nunn of the Brennan Center noted that such operations require “a cooperative governor.”⁴⁴ Under this model, Guard soldiers killed Tyrin Johnson in Memphis. NPR counted four fatal task-force shootings there by July 2026.⁸,⁴⁷ See also Conflicts Between the Executive and the Courts and Third-Term Statements and the No Kings Protests.

Military oversight (Inspector General Act of 1978).⁴¹ Inspectors general (IGs) are independent watchdogs inside agencies who investigate waste and wrongdoing. On the day of the Quantico speech, Hegseth signed a memo called “IG Oversight and Reform.” It requires IG offices to decide within seven days whether each complaint has “credible evidence.” If they do not decide, they must close the complaint. Whistleblower lawyers called it an “assault on oversight” of offices that the Inspector General Act makes independent, Reuters reported.²⁸ See The Signal Chat and Pentagon Information Policy and Inspectors General and Watchdogs.

Outcome

Where things stand

As of November 2026, the deployments made over governors’ objections have ended. Courts have ruled against them. Deployments that a governor agreed to are continuing. So is the D.C. Guard mission under the President’s command.⁶,²⁷,²⁹,⁴⁵ The Insurrection Act has not been used.²¹,²⁶ The CBO put the cost at $496 million for June–December 2025.³⁰ The New Orleans deployment was set to end in late August 2026.⁶² Some states have extended Guard help to ICE, South Dakota’s through Sept 30, 2027.⁶³ In the Memphis killing of Tyrin Johnson, a family autopsy found he was shot in the back. The district attorney has not decided whether to file charges.⁶⁴

Status

Who is affected

The deployments affect National Guard members. Some were federalized over their governors’ objections. Others were sent from their home states to other places. They also affect the governors of California, Oregon and Illinois, who opposed federalization of their states’ Guard.¹,⁵⁶,¹⁸,⁴⁵ They affect people in Washington, D.C., whose police were under federal direction for a month.⁹,¹³ They affect people in Memphis, where the task force the Guard supports made immigration arrests and its members shot five people.¹⁰,⁴⁷ Federal taxpayers pay for the missions.³⁰,⁴⁵

• California Guard members (Los Angeles federalization, Blocked) — 2,000 were federalized June 7, 2025, later 4,000, over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s objection. 700 active-duty Marines were ordered in June 9. Troops left Dec 15, 2025 after Judge Charles Breyer’s Dec 10 order.¹,²,²⁴
• Oregon Guard members (Portland deployment, Blocked) — 200 were federalized in late September 2025 over Gov. Tina Kotek’s objection.⁵⁶ On Oct 4, Judge Karin Immergut blocked the deployment. On Jan 6, 2026 the military’s Northern Command (NORTHCOM) announced the remaining federalized troops would be sent home.³,¹⁵
• Illinois Guard members (Chicago deployment, Blocked) — 300 were authorized for federalization Oct 4–6, 2025, plus Texas Guard.⁵⁹ On Oct 9, Judge April Perry blocked the deployment.⁶⁰ The Supreme Court refused to pause that order Dec 23.⁵
• D.C. police and residents (Home Rule Act emergency direction, Concluded) — From Aug 11 to Sept 10, 2025, the Home Rule Act emergency step put the city’s police under federal direction. 800 D.C. Guard troops deployed Aug 11.⁹,¹³
• Guard members on the D.C. mission (D.C. Guard mission, In force) — 2,429 troops in January 2026, nearly 5,000 from more than 20 states and territories in July, and about 4,700 on Aug 8. The Pentagon said July 14 the mission runs to Inauguration Day 2029 unless the president decides otherwise.⁷,⁴⁵
• West Virginia Guard members in D.C. (D.C. Guard mission, In force) — Spc. Sarah Beckstrom was killed and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe critically wounded when they were shot near the White House on Nov 26, 2025.²²
• Minnesota and Michigan Guard contingents (D.C. Guard mission, In force) — In summer 2026 Gov. Tim Walz pulled Minnesota’s more than 100 troops out early after videos showed them on neighborhood patrols. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer threatened to pull out Michigan’s 162 if they were used for law enforcement.⁴⁵
• Immigrants arrested in Memphis (Memphis deployment, In force) — An MLK50/ProPublica analysis found more than 800 immigration arrests in the Memphis Safe Task Force’s first four months. About four in five of those people were arrested after traffic stops for minor violations. About 2% also faced violent-crime charges.¹⁰
• People shot by Memphis task-force members (task-force shootings, Pending) — NPR counted five shootings by July 13, 2026, four of them fatal. They include Tyrin Johnson, 20, killed by two Tennessee Guard soldiers on July 5, and Jonah Neal, 25, shot by a Homeland Security Investigations agent on May 20. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) is investigating all five.⁸,⁴⁷ The TBI said it was “not immediately clear” whether Neal died from the gunfire or from self-inflicted stab wounds. The family’s lawyer said the death certificate lists homicide by gunshot wound.⁴⁸ An autopsy report shared by Johnson’s family found he was shot in the back. The district attorney has not decided whether to file charges.⁶⁴
• New Orleans (New Orleans deployment, Concluded) — About 120 of some 350 Guard troops were kept on through August 2026.¹⁰,¹¹ WWNO reported that their last day of operations would be Aug 24 and their last day in the city Aug 31.⁶²
• Guard members assigned to ICE support (Title 32 authorization, Unresolved) — On July 25, 2025 the Pentagon authorized Guard in 20 Republican-led states to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The target was about 1,700 troops for case management, transportation and clerical work. Florida activated its first 25 on Aug 5, and Vermont declined.⁴⁴,⁵³ Iowa extended its support to Sept 30, 2026, and South Dakota extended the work of its seven Guard members through Sept 30, 2027.⁶¹,⁶³
• Federal taxpayers (2025 city deployments; D.C. Guard mission, In force) — The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) put the cost at $496 million for June–December 2025. For the D.C. extension, the CBO puts the cost at about $600 per troop per day. The Project On Government Oversight estimates $2.5–3.4 billion.³⁰,⁴⁵

Key players

• Donald Trump — President (since Jan 20, 2025) — ordered the deployments and said he could use the Insurrection Act.²¹,²⁵
• Pete Hegseth — Defense Secretary (since Jan 2025) — carried out the Portland order and hosted the Quantico meeting.⁵⁵,²⁰
• Gavin Newsom, Tina Kotek, JB Pritzker — Governors of California, Oregon and Illinois (June–Oct 2025) — opposed federal control of their states’ Guard.¹,⁵⁶,¹⁸
• Tim Walz, Gretchen Whitmer — Governors of Minnesota and Michigan (summer 2026) — pulled out, or threatened to pull out, their states’ troops from the D.C. mission over their use for law enforcement.⁴⁵
• Bill Lee — Tennessee Governor (Sept 2025 onward) — agreed to the Memphis deployment.¹⁰
• Charles Breyer — Federal judge, Northern District of California (Sept–Dec 2025) — found the Los Angeles mission broke the Posse Comitatus Act and ordered it ended.⁴,²⁴
• Karin Immergut — Federal judge, District of Oregon, Trump appointee (Oct–Nov 2025) — blocked the Portland deployments.³,⁵⁷

Chronology

• 2025-01-20 — Proclamation 10886 border emergency; § 12302 and § 2808 invoked — → ledger
• 2025-03-27 — EO 14252 creates the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force — → ledger
• 2025-04-28 — EO 14288 on military assets for crime prevention — → ledger
• 2025-06-07 — Los Angeles Guard federalized — → ledger
• 2025-06-09 — “BRING IN THE TROOPS” post; Marines ordered to Los Angeles — → ledger
• 2025-07-25 — Pentagon authorizes Guard in 20 states to assist ICE under Title 32 — → ledger
• 2025-08-03 — Attempted carjacking of former DOGE staffer Edward Coristine in D.C. — → ledger
• 2025-08-05 — Florida activates its first 25 Guard members to assist ICE — → ledger
• 2025-08-05 — Trump posts that he will “FEDERALIZE this City” — → ledger
• 2025-08-11 — D.C. police federalized; D.C. Guard deployed — → ledger
• 2025-08-25 — EO 14339 orders a specialized D.C. Guard unit and Guard units for “quelling civil disturbances” — → ledger
• 2025-09-02 — Breyer finds a Posse Comitatus violation — → ledger
• 2025-09-08 — Operation Midway Blitz launched in Chicago — → ledger
• 2025-09-10 — Federal direction of the D.C. police ends — → ledger
• 2025-09-15 — Memphis Safe Task Force — → ledger
• 2025-09-27 — Trump orders Guard to Portland — → ledger
• 2025-09-28 — 200 Oregon Guard federalized over Gov. Kotek’s objection — → ledger
• 2025-09-30 — Quantico speech: cities as “training grounds” — → ledger
• 2025-10 — Memphis task-force shooting wounds an attempted-robbery suspect (NPR count of five) — → ledger
• 2025-10-02 — DOJ files a “Suggestion of Recusal” aimed at Judge Simon — → ledger
• 2025-10-04 — Immergut blocks the Portland deployment — → ledger
• 2025-10-04 — Chicago Guard deployment authorized — → ledger
• 2025-10-05 — Immergut’s second order bars any Guard deployment to Portland — → ledger
• 2025-10-06 — Trump says he could invoke the Insurrection Act if courts or local officials blocked deployments — → ledger
• 2025-10-09 — Perry blocks the Chicago deployment — → ledger
• 2025-10-16 — Seventh Circuit: “Political opposition is not rebellion” — → ledger
• 2025-10-19 — Trump calls the Insurrection Act “unquestioned power” — → ledger
• 2025-10-20 — Ninth Circuit panel lifts the first Portland order — → ledger
• 2025-10-28 — Full Ninth Circuit vacates the panel ruling for rehearing — → ledger
• 2025-11-14 — Iowa Guard’s ICE support extended to Sept 30, 2026 — → ledger
• 2025-11-26 — D.C. Guard members shot — → ledger
• 2025-12-10 — Breyer ends the Los Angeles mission — → ledger
• 2025-12-23 — Supreme Court denies stay in Trump v. Illinois — → ledger
• 2025-12-31 — Withdrawal from Chicago, Portland and Los Angeles — → ledger
• 2026-01-06 — NORTHCOM announces remaining federalized Oregon troops will be demobilized — → ledger
• 2026-01-15 — Minneapolis Insurrection Act threat; troops on standby — → ledger
• 2026-01-16 — D.C. Guard extended, likely through 2026 (superseded July 14) — → ledger
• 2026-02-17 — Ninth Circuit dismisses the government’s Portland appeals — → ledger
• 2026-03-02 — New Orleans Guard extended through August — → ledger
• 2026-05-13 — DEA agents on the Memphis task force kill a man while serving a warrant — → ledger
• 2026-05-20 — HSI agent on the Memphis task force kills Jonah Neal — → ledger
• 2026-07-05 — Guard soldiers kill Tyrin Johnson in Memphis — → ledger
• 2026-07-08 — DEA agents on the Memphis task force kill a man while serving an arrest warrant — → ledger
• 2026-07-14 — D.C. Guard surge; mission extended to 2029 — → ledger
• 2026-08-21 — WWNO: New Orleans Guard to end operations Aug 24 and leave the city by Aug 31 — → ledger
• 2026-10-05 — South Dakota extends Guard support for ICE through Sept 30, 2027 — → ledger
• 2026-10-23 — Ninth Circuit: Los Angeles federalization likely unlawful — → ledger
• 2026-11-02 — Video released after Tyrin Johnson shooting; family autopsy says he was shot in the back — → ledger

Gaps: no decision on the Posse Comitatus appeal; the end date of the 20-state Title 32 ICE-support mission.

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