Overview

• Roughly 200 Texas National Guard soldiers have assembled at an Army Reserve center in Elwood, Illinois, training for potential operations in Chicago after a judge declined to grant an immediate block.
• Illinois and the city of Chicago have sued to halt the deployment, and the White House says it may invoke the Insurrection Act to override state objections and judicial limits.
• In Oregon, Judge Karin Immergut issued a temporary injunction against federalizing the state’s Guard and halted a planned transfer of California troops to Portland, with an appeals hearing set for Thursday.
• The administration has ordered or announced Guard deployments to Los Angeles, Washington, Portland and Chicago, framing the mission as protecting federal personnel as local officials point to falling violent crime.
• A Reuters/Ipsos poll finds 58% say armed forces should be used only against external threats, and it places Trump’s approval at 40%.