Overview

• President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson "should be in jail."
• Pritzker responded on MSNBC by calling Trump a "wannabe dictator" and saying, "If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."
• Trump accused the Illinois leaders of failing to protect immigration agents during an intensified enforcement push in Chicago.
• Reporters noted that federalized Texas National Guard troops have settled at an Illinois base despite a lawsuit and objections from state and city officials.
• Pritzker has condemned the federal presence as turning Chicago into a "war zone," with reporting of protests marked by uses of force, including tear gas, pepper spray, and multiple violent incidents.