Overview

• Roughly 200 Texas National Guard soldiers were seen at a military facility in Elwood, Illinois, for a planned Chicago-area mission that a Pentagon official said is slated to last 60 days.
• About 300 members of the Illinois National Guard have been placed under federal control, according to court filings submitted in the case.
• Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker said the arriving Texas troops were not deployed on city streets and complained the state was receiving no operational details from federal authorities.
• The White House says the Guard is being used to protect federal officers and property tied to ICE operations and to address crime, while Illinois and Chicago argue in court that the move is unlawful.
• President Trump suggested he could invoke the Insurrection Act if blocked by courts or local officials, as federal judges have already halted comparable Guard stationing in Portland.