Overview

• U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut barred any National Guard transfers into Portland through October 18, blocking a White House bid to reroute troops from California after Oregon’s own Guard was ruled off‑limits.
• Chicago and Illinois sued to stop federal control of Guard units after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moved to federalize about 300 Illinois guardsmen and, according to Gov. J.B. Pritzker, activate 400 from Texas for use in Illinois, Oregon and other locations.
• Trump sent the Guard to Chicago over the weekend and escalated martial rhetoric by calling urban crime an internal “war” and suggesting some cities serve as military “training grounds,” drawing sharp pushback from state and city leaders.
• Indirect talks in Sharm El‑Sheikh began under Trump’s 20‑point plan, with mediators focusing on a hostage‑for‑prisoner exchange and a ceasefire as Hamas signals openness on swaps but insists on Palestinian technocratic governance in Gaza.
• Germany warned of heightened antisemitic threats and probed a surge of unexplained drone overflights suspected to be Russian, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged solidarity with Jews and ministers weighed legal changes and a central counter‑drone role for the National Security Council.