The troops had nearly no presence in two of the cities, Portland and Chicago. But the decision signaled a retreat, at least for now, in one of the president’s most audacious attempts to test his power.

President Trump invoked a law called Title 10 to bring members of the Illinois National Guard under federal service over the objections of state and local leaders.

By JONATHAN BACH, MAXINE BERNSTEIN oregonlive.com President Donald Trump on Wednesday abandoned his push to deploy the National Guard to three U.S. cities, including Portland. In a social media post that railed against Democratic mayors and governors of left-leaning cities,

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will back off his plans to use National Guard troops in the Democratic-led cities of Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump’s request to allow him to deploy the National Guard to Chicago to protect ICE agents, a significant and rare loss for the administration on the conservative court’s emergency docket.

The Trump administration is deploying 350 National Guard troops to New Orleans ahead of the New Year, launching another federal deployment in the city at the same time that an immigration crackdown led by Border Patrol is underway.

The Supreme Court rejected an emergency request from the Trump administration that would have allowed it to deploy the National Guard in the Chicago area while facing a legal challenge, a major setback as the administration fights to keep troops in Illinois to support its immigration policies.

NEW YORK, Dec 17 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday cleared President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., to continue for now, saying his administration was likely to prevail in a legal challenge.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said the National Guard is prepared to deploy if needed following the fatal shooting of a woman during a federal ICE operation in Minneapolis.