| 2026-10-28 | Klippenstein Reports, Citing Unnamed Military Sources, a National Guard Election Mission Spanning All 50 States Despite Pentagon 'No Plans' Assurances
1 src Pete Hegseth · National Guard | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-22 | Washington Gov. Ferguson Offers County Auditors Plainclothes National Guard 'Election Neighborhood Watch' at Drop Boxes; Counties Choose, Thurston Accepts
2 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-14 | D.C. Circuit Hears Appeal Over Trump's National Guard Deployment in Washington; Pillard Raises Posse Comitatus
2 src U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · Donald Trump | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-09 | D.C. Elections Board Asks National Guard to Limit Placement Near Drop Boxes After Photo of Three Guardsmen at Foggy Bottom Box
2 src | | reported |
| 2026-06-22 | Placemakr Wins Guard Housing Order for D.C. Troops
4 src D.C. National Guard | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-17 | Polis Signs Executive Order Activating Unarmed Colorado National Guard Members for Election Cybersecurity at the Primary
2 src Jared Polis | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-26 | Iowa National Guard Activates Joint Task Force Cyber for 2026 Elections, Announced at Secretary of State's Election-Security Briefing
2 src Kim Reynolds | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-13 | ACLU Files Federal Lawsuit Against Memphis Safe Task Force Alleging Pattern of First Amendment Retaliation Against Civilians Recording Federal Immigration Enforcement
5 src American Civil Liberties Union · Todd Blanche · Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement · +5 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-12 | Democracy Docket Reports Trump Told the New York Times He "Should Have" Ordered the National Guard to Seize Ballot Boxes in 2020
1 src Donald Trump | | reported |
| 2026-01-07 | National Guard Troops Return Home After Supreme Court Blocks Trump Deployment to Chicago, Portland, LA
3 src Donald Trump · Gavin Newsom · U.S. Northern Command · U.S. Supreme Court | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-31 | Ninth Circuit Forces Trump to Return California National Guard Control to State
4 src Donald Trump · Gavin Newsom · Charles Breyer |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-23 | SCOTUS (6-3, Trump v. Illinois) Blocks Chicago National Guard Federalization; Trump Stands Down From Chicago/LA/Portland, Vows to 'Come Back Stronger'
5 src U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Amy Coney Barrett · Brett Kavanaugh · +2 | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-23 | Supreme Court Blocks Trump National Guard Deployment to Chicago, Ruling 'Regular Forces' Means Military
14 src U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · John Roberts · Brett Kavanaugh · +8 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-04 | Appeals Court Halts Removal of National Guard from Washington DC, Preserving Militarized Presence in Capital
6 src U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · Donald Trump · D.C. National Guard |
| confirmed |
| 2025-10-29 | Supreme Court to Review Trump's Federalization of National Guard in Chicago, Nationwide Implications
3 src Donald Trump · JB Pritzker · U.S. Supreme Court |
| confirmed |
| 2025-10-20 | Ninth Circuit Panel Allows Trump National Guard Deployment to Portland
3 src U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Donald Trump |
| reported |
| 2025-09-11 | Trump Administration Threatens National Guard Deployment to Chicago
3 src Donald Trump · Heritage Foundation · Stephen Miller | | reported |
| 2025-08-25 | Trump Signs Executive Order Creating Specialized DC National Guard Unit Deputized to Enforce Federal Law and Standing Nationwide Quick Reaction Force Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Stephen Miller · D.C. National Guard |
| confirmed |
| 2025-08-24 | 2,300 Armed National Guard Troops Deploy in Washington DC Carrying M17 Pistols and M4 Rifles
3 src Trump · National Guard · U.S. Department of Defense | | confirmed |
| 2025-08-11 | Military preparing to activate hundreds of D.C. National Guard members
4 src Donald Trump · D.C. National Guard |
| confirmed |
| 2025-06-09 | Trump federalizes California National Guard over governor's objection
4 src Donald Trump · Gavin Newsom · California National Guard | | confirmed |
| 2025-05-18 | Supreme Court Hearing Challenges Presidential National Guard Federalization Powers
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · State Governors · U.S. Department of Defense · New York Attorney General Letitia James · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-05-01 | Operation At Large launches with 5,000 federal agents and 21,000 National Guard proposed deployment
3 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · National Guard · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Kristi Noem · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-22 | Federal Appeals Court Establishes Precedent on National Guard Federalization
4 src Gavin Newsom · U.S. Department of Defense · Charles Breyer · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-22 | First Major Court Battle Over National Guard Deployment Authority
6 src U.S. Department of Defense · State Governors · Donald Trump · Charles Breyer · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-22 | Trump's National Guard Federalization Triggers Constitutional Crisis in California
3 src Donald Trump · Gavin Newsom · Pete Hegseth · Charles Breyer · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-15 | Supreme Court Confronts Unprecedented National Guard Federalization Crisis
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Trump Administration · State Governors |
| confirmed |
| 2018-04-01 | Operation Guardian Support deploys 4,000 National Guard to border
4 src National Guard · U.S. Border Patrol · Pentagon | | confirmed |