Hundreds of federalized National Guard troops will begin leaving Portland and Chicago in the coming days, weeks after they were ordered to the cities by the Trump administration to aid law enforcement deal with what it called rampant crime and chaos.

The drawdown affects both National Guard troops federalized and sent to cities in their own states and ones deployed from other states, such as members of the Texas National Guard. The news, first reported by ABC News, was confirmed by a defense official. The official told Task & Purpose that a large number of troops will be released back to state control, although 700 will remain under federal control.

On Friday night, U.S. Northern Command posted on X that ”in the coming days, the Department will be shifting and/or rightsizing our Title 10

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