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Court cases challenging National Guard troops around the country remain in legal limbo. Here's a city-by-city look.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Thursday he will deploy Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Texas National Guard members to Austin ahead of a planned ‘No Kings’ protest at ...

Marissa Sulek joined CBS News Chicago in January 2025. Before Chicago, Marissa was a general assignment reporter in Nashville at WSMV, where she was nominated for Mid-South Emmy Awards for her ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday he has ordered the deployment of more than 5,000 Texas National Guard troops across the state, along with more than 2,000 state police, to ...

President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of 400 members of the Texas National Guard to other states including Oregon and Illinois, according to Sunday social media posts from the governors of ...

Hundreds of National Guard troops deployed to Chicago and Portland, Oregon, are being sent home, and those who will remain will continue to stay off the streets amid court battles over their domestic ...

This week, President Trump said he expected National Guard troops to arrive in New Orleans "in a couple of weeks." ...

The federalization of 300 Illinois National Guard troops was extended for 32 days, Gov. JB Pritzker’s office said, even ...

Trump deployed the California National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June against the wishes of Newsom, sparking a ...

Texas National Guard troops are expected to soon return from Illinois amid legal challenges that halt their deployment to the Chicago area, several media outlets reported this weekend. In early ...