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Chicago launches resistance campaign as Trump threatens to send troops  The Washington Post Trump slams Pritzker on Chicago crime; governor’s reported weight loss fuels 2028 speculation  Fox News Chicago’s Mayor Rejects Trump’s Plans to Send Troops to His City  The New York Times JB Pritzker calls for ‘all to stand up’ to Trump’s immigration crackdown in Chicago  The Guardian Political standoff intensifies over Trump’s …

Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Saturday afternoon aimed at holding federal law enforcement in the city to municipal rules on policing while also keeping tabs on new deployments and informing citizens of their rights. The order, the “Protecting Chicago Initiative,” comes after the Chicago Sun-Times first reported that Naval Station Great Lakes near North Chicago was being considered …

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker told CBS News the Trump administration has not communicated with his state on a reported plan to send military forces to Chicago, calling the idea an “invasion” and arguing President Trump has “other aims” aside from cracking down on crime. Asked about a possible military deployment to America’s third-largest city, which was recently reported by The …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Since sending the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington, President Donald Trump has openly mused about sending troops to some of the nation’s most Democratic cities — including Chicago and Baltimore — claiming they are needed to crack down on crime. The threats to expand a federal intervention have legal experts and some military officials raising …

Welcome to Margin of Error, a politics column from Tom Scocca, editor of the Indignity newsletter. On Monday, President Donald Trump put out an executive order directing, among other things, that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth make ready “a standing National Guard quick reaction force that shall be resourced, trained, and available for rapid nationwide deployment.” The president also called for Hegseth …

ENGLEWOOD — President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy the National Guard to Chicago to combat crime and homelessness has been a topic of much discussion this week among Englewood resident Pamela Mondane and her neighbors. Some neighbors have told Mondane they support troops coming to the city. After experiencing violent incidents, they “feel something radical has to happen to get …

Newsom deploys state police to major cities after Trump threatens to send more troops to California  Politico Newsom says he’ll increase CHP presence in major cities, touts progress on crime  Los Angeles Times Newsom: Crime is a larger problem in GOP-led areas than Democratic-led ones  The Washington Post Gov. Gavin Newsom deploying law enforcement to several California cities to fight crime, including San …

19 Democratic Governors Warn Trump Not to Send Troops to Their States  The New York Times Trump Live Updates: News on Fed Governor, CDC and Chicago Immigration Crackdown  The New York Times Trump border czar shares new info about crime crackdown coming to Chicago  NBC 5 Chicago Chicago Police Department preps for possible deployment of National Guard troops on orders from President Donald …

National Guard troops deployed in D.C. add sanitation, landscaping duties  The Washington Post National Guard members activated for DC federal takeover seen picking-up trash  FOX 5 DC DC launches ‘We the People’ campaign while National Guard patrols streets, picks up trash  Fox News National Guard troops to pick up trash in DC, work on ‘beautification’ projects  NBC4 Washington National Guard called in to deal …

WASHINGTON (AP) — JB Pritzker took a water taxi along the Chicago Riverwalk, past one of Donald Trump’s famous downtown towers. The gleaming and heavily trafficked tourist district was a deliberate backdrop on the day the Illinois governor directed a defiant message toward the White House: “Mr. President, do not come to Chicago. You are neither wanted here nor needed …