National Guard Deployments in Chicago and Portland Amid Protests and Political Tensions
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President Trump has attempted to deploy National Guard troops into U.S. cities like Portland and Chicago, prompting legal challenges and debates over presidential authority versus state control, with courts generally ruling against him citing legal and constitutional limits, including the Posse Comitatus Act and the need for actual threats to justify federal intervention.
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