Legal Newsletter highlights Trump’s bid to deploy the National Guard in Chicago, a striking death penalty dissent and more.

President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to Chicago as part of Operation Midway Blitz. Some tactics face legal challenges. See the latest.

In a suit filed in federal court, attorneys for Sam O’Hara, 35, of Washington, said he would regularly protest the National Guard’s presence by walking several feet behind them and playing the march also known as "Darth Vader's Theme," from "The Empire Strikes Back," the second film in the "Star Wars" series, when he saw them in the community.

Trump wrote on social media that Mayor Daniel Lurie told him the city was making progress in reducing crime. The former president said he agreed to allow San Francisco to continue addressing the issue on its own for now.

A photo of chunky Texas National Guard troops in Chicago went viral, and 7 were sent home. But there's nothing soft about Guard fitness standards.

San Francisco's Mayor, Daniel Lurie, must be letting out a sigh of relief right about now ... because the city won't be getting a "surge" from Donald Trump.