President Donald Trump walks to speak with reporters on the South Lawn as he departs the White House, on September 11, 2025. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP

President Donald Trump shelved his plans to target Chicago as the next city for his domestic crime push after advisers warned him that sending in troops to help with local law enforcement without buy-in from the state’s governor could create legal headaches they want to avoid, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

While Trump has privately argued he has the power to send the National Guard where he wants, he’s decided for now to set his sights on Memphis because the Democratic city, and more specifically the state’s Republican governor, is willing to accept federal help, the sources said.

The sources stressed that Trump could st

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