Overview

• About 200 Texas National Guard soldiers were seen at a military facility in Elwood near Chicago, with the Pentagon saying they are to protect federal personnel and property for roughly 60 days.
• Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered around 300 Illinois Guardsmen into federal service, part of the administration’s effort to deploy Guard units to Democratic-led cities.
• Illinois and the City of Chicago have sued to block the deployments, and a judge is expected to consider their request for a preliminary injunction as early as Thursday.
• Governor J.B. Pritzker said the troops are not on city streets and that state officials have received no operational details from Washington.
• Federal courts have already paused similar plans in Portland and California, and President Trump has signaled he could invoke the Insurrection Act, underscoring the constitutional stakes.