Overview
- U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut issued a 14-day injunction stopping the planned Portland mobilization, finding no “danger of rebellion” and questioning the president’s authority.
- Federal attorneys said they will appeal the ruling as Oregon and Portland continue their lawsuit led by state Attorney General Dan Rayfield.
- The White House authorized 300 National Guard troops for Chicago to protect federal officials and assets, according to spokesperson Abigail Jackson.
- The Department of Homeland Security said a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot a woman during confrontations in Chicago, and she was taken to a hospital.
- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker denounced federal pressure to mobilize his state’s Guard as “absolutely outrageous and un-American,” asserting Illinois does not need troops.