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Illinois asks judge to halt National Guard deployment after Trump administration ‘plowed ahead’
Illinois state officials on Thursday asked a federal judge to halt the National Guard’s deployment in the Chicago area, arguing that President Donald Trump’s administration has created a constitutional crisis by sending troops without regard for a pending lawsuit challenging his authority. Attorney Christopher Wells from the Illinois attorney general’s office said the federal government…
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Trump calls for jailing of Illinois governor and Chicago mayor over Guard opposition
President Donald Trump on Wednesday sparked new controversy by calling for the arrest of Illinois...
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Trump’s Oregon National Guard deployment blocked temporarily by federal court ruling
A late-night federal court order has again halted President Donald Trump’s efforts to...
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Memphis woman survives being shot 10 times outside her home while pregnant
About a year ago, Kierra Maxwell sustained ten gunshot wounds in her driveway on Northmoor...
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Trump threatens to re-federalize D.C. police over mayor’s refusal to cooperate with ICE
President Donald Trump warned Monday that he could once again place Washington, D.C.’s police force under federal control if the city refuses to cooperate with immigration enforcement. His comments...
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Trump deploys Guard in Memphis, describes move as repeat of D.C. tactics
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an order to send National Guard troops into Memphis. The decision intensifies his use of federal power to confront crime in U.S. cities. With Tennessee Gov. Bill...
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California’s attempt to halt Trump’s National Guard troop deployment hits judicial pause
A federal judge who previously found that the Trump administration acted unlawfully in deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles said on Tuesday he will not immediately weigh California’s request...
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How Chicago’s churches respond to federal threats
Chicago’s Black faith leaders are urging calm, vigilance, and solidarity as the city braces for a possible federal crackdown on immigration and talk of National Guard troops patrolling its streets....
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Trump issues ‘Apocalypse’ threat to Chicago; Pritzker calls him a ‘wannabe dictator’
President Donald Trump’s weekend social media post reignited his campaign of threats toward Chicago, pairing fiery rhetoric with an image straight out of a war film. On Saturday, the president shared...
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D.C. sues Trump over National Guard deployment, calling it an illegal “military occupation”
The District of Columbia is taking President Donald Trump to court over his decision to flood Washington with National Guard troops. Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed the lawsuit Thursday, calling the...
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Trump defies local opposition, vows to deploy federal troops in Chicago and Baltimore
President Donald Trump has vowed to expand federal law enforcement operations into Chicago and Baltimore, intensifying a battle with local leaders who insist his intervention is neither necessary nor welcome....
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Chicago pushes back as Trump threatens to send National Guard
President Donald Trump’s latest threat to dispatch National Guard troops to Chicago has reignited a long-running clash over how to address urban violence, drawing sharp pushback from city leaders,...
