• Legal battles erupt: President Donald Trump’s efforts to deploy federalized National Guard troops to Democratic-led cities have prompted a series of legal showdowns. The president has said the deployments are aimed at fighting lawlessness and to aid ICE agents carrying out his sweeping immigration enforcement agenda.
• Illinois sues: Illinois and Chicago sued to stop the federalization of National Guard troops from their state and Texas. A federal judge did not block deployments for now but gave the administration until the end of the day tomorrow to explain why she shouldn’t do so.
• Trump appeals in Oregon: The White House has asked an appeals court to pause an order from a judge in Oregon that halts National Guard deployment to Portland.
• Trump debates using the Insurrection Act: Trump says he is considering invoking the act – which allows the deployment of troops in the US in certain limited situations – if courts keep blocking his deployments and violence in cities escalates. Democratic leaders have disputed his claims about rising violence and pointed to crime numbers being down in some places.
A partisan split emerged among Senate Judiciary Committee members over whether it would be appropriate for President Donald Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act to override judicial rulings blocking the deployment of National Guard troops into American cities.
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