Overview

• President Trump’s 30-day order federalizing the D.C. police lapses Wednesday without a congressional extension, though National Guard patrols continue for now.
• The White House touts more than 2,100 arrests, 222 seized firearms and 50 dismantled homeless encampments during the D.C. surge, while analysts note crime had already been trending down.
• D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has coordinated with federal agencies even as the district’s attorney general sues over what the filing calls a forced military occupation.
• DHS has begun ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ in Chicago, staging from Naval Station Great Lakes with plans for more than 200 agents and about 100 vehicles, but initial on-the-ground activity has been limited.
• Illinois and Chicago leaders oppose the operation and prepare legal and community responses as protests grow, with recent court rulings on ICE roving patrols and Posse Comitatus constraints shaping the playbook.