President Donald Trump is withdrawing roughly half of the National Guard force sent to Los Angeles to quell the anti-ICE riots that engulfed the city last month.
Nearly 4,000 National Guard soldiers and 700 Marines have been guarding federal facilities in Los Angeles for more than a month, their deployment sparking a national conflict over the president’s ability to send the soldiers to a U.S. city. Weeks after the riots had died down, the Trump administration began its phased withdrawal from the city by ordering the withdrawal of roughly 2,000 soldiers.
California National Guard members are positioned at the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles on June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer, File)
Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement that the troops had
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