Tag: Chicago

Judge blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois for 2 weeks

It’s a victory for Democratic officials who lead the state and city and have traded insults with President Donald Trump about his drive to put troops on the ground in major urban areas.

A protester is arrested by police and federal officers outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.

Illinois urges judge to stop National Guard deployment after Trump administration ‘plowed ahead’

The state of Illinois is urging a judge to order the National Guard to stand down in the Chicago area. The state calls the deployment a constitutional crisis and suggests that President Donald Trump’s administration gave no heed to the pending legal challenge. A Department of Justice lawyer says the Chicago area was rife with “tragic lawlessness.”

Trump says Illinois governor and Chicago mayor should be jailed as they oppose Guard deployment

Trump wrote on Truth Social that Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker “should be in jail for failing to protect” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. The officials said they wouldn’t be deterred.

Judge refuses to immediately block National Guard deployment to Illinois

A federal judge said Monday she wouldn’t hear arguments over Illinois’ bid to block the deployment until Thursday, even after a Trump administration lawyer confirmed that Texas troops are on their way.

Watch: Gov. Pritzker, Democratic Leaders discuss federal deployments in Illinois

CHICAGO — Illinois and Chicago have filed a lawsuit aiming to stop President Donald Trump’s administration from sending hundreds of National Guard troops to Chicago. Trump moved to deploy National Guard troops from another city on Saturday by authorizing 300 troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago. Trump has long threatened to send

Illinois, Chicago sue to stop Trump from sending National Guard troops to the city

The lawsuit filed on Monday alleges that “these advances in President Trump’s long-declared ‘War’ on Chicago and Illinois are unlawful and dangerous.”

State, private developers break ground on quantum research park

The project has received hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding and tax breaks.

Pritzker says feds seeking Chicago troop deployment. ‘What I have been warning of is now being realized’

Pritzker has said for weeks that the Trump administration would use any skirmish resulting from its Chicago-area immigration crackdown as a “pretext” for a military deployment.

Durbin hopes to meet with ICE this week about Chicago-area raids

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has left Illinois officials from Gov. JB Pritzker down to local police chiefs almost entirely in the dark about the government’s “Operation Midway Blitz.”

Brothers Bob and Bill Odenkirk stopped by the Prairie Fire studio to talk about their Illinois roots, their professional relationship and their latest work.

Bob and Bill Odenkirk discuss Illinois roots and their passion for comedy on Prairie Fire

Brothers Bob and Bill Odenkirk stopped by the studio of the WILL-TV show “Prairie Fire” to talk about their Illinois roots, their professional relationship and their latest work.

Protesters arrested as demonstrators block vehicles at key immigration building near Chicago

Federal officers used chemical agents to disperse the crowd on Friday morning. Protesters, including a congressional candidate, said they were peaceful and unarmed. ICE officials described the group as “rioters” and accused them of assaulting law enforcement.