Overview

• Trump said he would use the Insurrection Act if courts or local officials hinder deployments, framing it as necessary to prevent killings.
• Justice Department lawyers told a federal judge that hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers are already headed to Illinois, and Judge April Perry let movement proceed for now while requiring a U.S. response by Oct. 8.
• A federal judge in Oregon temporarily blocked Guard policing in Portland, yet the administration mobilized about 200 federal personnel to the city anyway.
• Illinois and Chicago sued to halt the orders as the White House directed forces to Los Angeles, Washington, Portland and Chicago over local objections.
• Democrats call the deployments political and based on inflated crime claims, while the administration links the push to wider security steps, including more troops at the border and a presence off Venezuela.