Members of the Texas National Guard assemble in Elwood, Illinois, at the Army Reserve Training Center in the southwest suburb of Chicago on Oct. 7, 2025. Credit: Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via ...

After weeks of threats from President Donald Trump to deploy military troops into Illinois over the vehement objections of Gov. JB Pritzker and other Democratic leaders, Texas National Guard members ...

No matter how you look at it, deploying Texas troops to Illinois was a massive overreach and a waste of money.

Members of the Texas National Guard have begun arriving at a U.S. Army Reserve facility in Chicago's far southwestern suburbs, where they're expected to participate in training before they are sent on ...

The Texas National Guard has arrived in the Chicago area despite the repeated objections of Illinois officials, who have rejected President Donald Trump’s pledge to deploy the military domestically in ...

President Donald Trump called up 300 members of the Illinois National Guard and federalized another 400 from Texas with the cooperation of Gov. Greg Abbott, who posted on X that they were deploying on ...

"Donald Trump declared war on Chicago," said Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. The Texas National Guard is expected to be deployed on Wednesday night to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ...

Some 300 Illinois National Guard members, activated by the Trump administration as part of the Operation Midway Blitz deportation raids and over the objections of Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, have ...

Hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers arrived in Illinois on Tuesday — with the blessing of Gov. Greg Abbott — to boost federal immigration authorities as the Trump administration doubled down on ...

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The arrival of National Guard troops in the Chicago area marks an escalation of President Donald Trump's crackdown on the city. President Donald Trump called up 300 members of the Illinois National ...

"With the Texas National Guard now in Illinois, here’s what you need to know about the unit" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization. Hundreds of Texas ...