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National Guard · United StatesA judge in Chicago on Thursday issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration's deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois, finding the directive violates the Constitution and would “only add fuel to the fire that the defendants themselves have started.”
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Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Chicago
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JB Pritzker · United StatesIllinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Saturday said he was informed by the Trump administration that the Defense Department plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard and deploy them within his state. “It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will,” Pritzker said in a statement, adding that he was given an ultimatum by Defense Department officials to “call up your troops, or we will.”See the Story
Trump administration to federalize 300 Illinois National Guard members, Gov. Pritzker says
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St. Louis, United States · St. LouisST. LOUIS – Six weeks after being indicted on a federal charge for one count of deprivation of rights under color of law, St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery was back in court and facing more serious charges. Montgomery faces four new counts of witness retaliation and one count of witness tampering. He was previously accused of ordering the detainment of Tammy Ross, a former St. Louis jail administrator, when the sheriff could not get access to …See the Story
New Federal Charges for St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery; Placed Under House Arrest
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