Overview

• President Trump said he is weighing deployments to Chicago, Baltimore or New Orleans and suggested a decision could come in about two weeks, calling New Orleans an easier lift than Washington, D.C.
• Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry welcomed federal assistance, while New Orleans officials rejected the idea, citing falling crime and warning that Guardsmen are not trained for constitutional policing.
• Illinois leaders, including Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson, continue to refuse consent for a Chicago operation, as Alderman Raymond Lopez and some residents urge accepting help after a violent holiday weekend.
• The White House points to the D.C. model as proof of effectiveness, reporting more than 3,300 federal personnel, over 1,700 arrests and more than 190 firearms seized since August.
• U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ruled a California Guard deployment violated the Posse Comitatus Act, and legal experts say attempts to replicate D.C.-style policing in states would face immediate court challenges under Title 10, Title 32 and the Insurrection Act.