Overview

• Speaking to reporters on his flight home from Egypt, President Donald Trump said he is allowed to invoke the Insurrection Act but is not doing so yet because he believes his administration is winning on appeal.
• Trump urged Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to request federal assistance, saying the governor should "beg for help" to address crime in Chicago.
• An appeals court over the weekend denied an emergency motion seeking relief from a district judge’s temporary restraining order that restricts deployments.
• A judge ruled that federally controlled National Guard troops sent to Illinois may remain in the state but cannot patrol or deploy to protect federal property.
• Roughly 500 Guard members from Illinois and Texas were activated for the Chicago area, though their operational roles remain curtailed under the court orders.