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National Guard stands down in Illinois while troops patrol in Memphis with local police

By ADRIAN SAINZ and CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Oct 10, 2025 6:19 pm - MEMPHIS, Tenn. — National Guard troops patrolled in Tennessee's second-largest city for the first time Friday while soldiers in Illinois were engaged only in planning and...
Judge orders halt to DHS agents’ targeting of journalists in Chicago

By Scott Nover
Oct 09, 2025 6:47 pm - A federal judge Thursday temporarily blocked federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security from using riot control weapons against journalists covering protests and immigration enforcement operations in the Chicago area.
Texas National Guard troops mobilize in Chicago region

By Marni Pyke
Oct 07, 2025 10:57 am - Trump muses about invoking the Insurrection Act, which would allow the military to take on policing duties. Pritzker suggests militarization could skew midterms.
Illinois, Chicago sue to stop Trump from sending National Guard troops to the city

By The Associated Press
Oct 06, 2025 10:22 am - Illinois and Chicago filed a lawsuit Monday aiming to stop President Donald Trump's administration from sending hundreds of National Guard troops to Chicago.
Trump plans to federalize 300 troops in Illinois, as judge blocks a similar mobilization in Oregon

Associated Press
Oct 05, 2025 4:16 pm - President Donald Trump authorized the deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago on Saturday, marking the latest escalation of his use of federal intervention in cities.
Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

By SOPHIA TAREEN
Oct 05, 2025 4:12 pm - Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in Chicago.
Trump plans to deploy National Guard in Illinois, Pritzker says; woman shot during chaotic ICE action in Chicago

From Daily Herald Wire Services
Oct 04, 2025 4:19 pm - The Trump administration plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said Saturday.
Noem visits Chicago area ICE facility as agents detain multiple protesters outside

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and JOHN O'CONNOR
Oct 03, 2025 1:26 pm - Federal agents detained multiple people Friday near an immigration facility outside Chicago that has frequently been targeted by protesters during President Donald Trump's administration’s surge of immigration enforcement this fall.
Trump pauses $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, leveraging shutdown to pressure Democrats

By CHRIS MEGERIAN
Oct 03, 2025 9:05 am - President Donald Trump's administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, the White House budget director said Friday, expanding funding fights that have targeted Democratic areas during the government shutdown.
A student ‘womb service’ works covertly to deliver contraception at DePaul

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Sep 30, 2025 6:59 am - College student Maya Roman has the handoff down to a science: a text message, a walk to a designated site, and a paper bag delivered with condoms and Plan B emergency contraception. At DePaul University, it’s the only way students can get a sliver of sexual health support, she said.

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