Overview

• After posting a 'Chipocalypse Now' image invoking the 'Department of WAR,' the president told reporters he is not declaring war on Chicago and intends to clean up crime.
• White House border chief Tom Homan said on CNN that federal action in Chicago is expected this week and described potential National Guard involvement as a force multiplier.
• Reports indicate approval to use Naval Station Great Lakes as a staging hub, and a Chicago alderwoman said ICE arrested three people in her Southwest Side ward.
• Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson condemned the threats, with Pritzker vowing to sue if Guard troops are deployed without state approval as protests drew thousands.
• Trump signed an order to rebrand the Pentagon as the Department of War, which requires congressional approval, and a recent court ruling found the Los Angeles Guard deployment violated the Posse Comitatus Act.