Overview

• President Trump formalized the Memphis Safe Task Force, directing National Guard support alongside the FBI, ATF, DEA, ICE, Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. marshals.
• FBI Director Kash Patel told Congress agents made roughly 500 arrests and secured 110 federal indictments in an initial phase and said Guard units are needed to secure perimeters for ongoing operations.
• National Guard elements are being positioned in Memphis this week as federal agencies expand their presence, with Tennessee’s governor signaling cooperation and city leaders voicing concern.
• All 13 Democratic members of the Senate Armed Services Committee asked Chairman Roger Wicker to convene a public hearing with Pentagon leaders to address authority, cost, and impacts on military readiness.
• Local pushback continues in Memphis and elsewhere, Chicago is not receiving a Guard deployment for now, and questions persist after defense officials declined to specify the legal basis used in earlier operations.