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Supreme Court keeps Trump’s National Guard deployment blocked in the Chicago area, for now

Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker applauded Tuesday’s decision as a win for the state and country.

National Guard member shot in DC has shown positive signs, West Virginia governor says

Beckstrom and Wolfe were shot Wednesday just blocks from the White House while deployed as part of President Donald Trump’s crime-fighting plan that federalized D.C. police.

A group of people in military fatigues walks into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Thursday, Oct. 9. National Guard troops were deployed to the facility earlier in the day.

Trump agrees to extend judge’s block on deploying National Guard as Supreme Court weighs case

The Trump administration has agreed to extend a federal judge’s temporary block on deploying National Guard troops to Chicago while the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether to stay the judge’s order.

Judge blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois for 2 weeks

It’s a victory for Democratic officials who lead the state and city and have traded insults with President Donald Trump about his drive to put troops on the ground in major urban areas.

A protester is arrested by police and federal officers outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.

Illinois urges judge to stop National Guard deployment after Trump administration ‘plowed ahead’

The state of Illinois is urging a judge to order the National Guard to stand down in the Chicago area. The state calls the deployment a constitutional crisis and suggests that President Donald Trump’s administration gave no heed to the pending legal challenge. A Department of Justice lawyer says the Chicago area was rife with “tragic lawlessness.”

Trump says Illinois governor and Chicago mayor should be jailed as they oppose Guard deployment

Trump wrote on Truth Social that Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker “should be in jail for failing to protect” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. The officials said they wouldn’t be deterred.

Texas National Guard members arrive at Chicago area military training facility

Military troops arrived at an Elwood training center after weeks of threats from President Donald Trump’s administration, over the objections of local leaders.

Watch: Gov. Pritzker, Democratic Leaders discuss federal deployments in Illinois

CHICAGO — Illinois and Chicago have filed a lawsuit aiming to stop President Donald Trump’s administration from sending hundreds of National Guard troops to Chicago. Trump moved to deploy National Guard troops from another city on Saturday by authorizing 300 troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago. Trump has long threatened to send

Illinois, Chicago sue to stop Trump from sending National Guard troops to the city

The lawsuit filed on Monday alleges that “these advances in President Trump’s long-declared ‘War’ on Chicago and Illinois are unlawful and dangerous.”

Trump walks back Chicago ‘war’ threat, but vows to ‘clean up’ cities

For the past several weeks, Trump and other administration officials have suggested that Trump could send National Guard members to Chicago. Trump has claimed that Chicago needs federal help to combat crime.

Durbin, Duckworth ask feds for details of Trump’s Chicago deployment plan

In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and FBI Director Kash Patel, the two Illinois Democrats call the effort a “political game” that is justifying sending troops to American cities, “while wasting limited resources and harming local communities.”