Overview
- Illinois and the city of Chicago filed a federal lawsuit seeking to halt the federalization of National Guard units from Illinois and Texas, calling the move clearly unlawful.
- Trump authorized 300 Illinois Guard members for Chicago to protect federal personnel and facilities, while Texas Governor Greg Abbott offered 400 troops for federal use.
- A federal judge again temporarily blocked a planned National Guard deployment to Portland, reflecting ongoing judicial limits on the administration’s efforts.
- Trump said he would consider invoking the Insurrection Act if people were being killed and if courts, governors or mayors prevented deployments.
- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said there is no insurrection and Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield pledged to fight any troop deployments in court, as a senior Trump aide labeled a judge’s order a “legal insurrection.”