Overview

• White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said President Trump approved sending 300 National Guard members to Chicago to protect federal personnel and property.
• Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker said the Pentagon delivered an ultimatum to call up the troops or the federal government would take control, and he denounced the pressure as unamerican.
• A federal judge in Oregon, Karin J. Immergut, issued a preliminary injunction blocking the planned National Guard deployment to Portland until October 18, finding no riot threat and saying local law enforcement could handle the situation.
• Court filings indicate a main hearing in the Portland case is scheduled for October 29, extending legal tests of presidential authority over state-controlled Guard units.
• Local reports in Chicago said a federal agent shot an armed woman during a confrontation near ICE operations; authorities said her injuries were not life-threatening and details were still being reviewed.