National Guard members, ordered to Illinois by President Donald Trump, are now protecting federal property near Chicago ahead of a court hearing on their deployment. Meanwhile, 24 Democrat-led states have joined a legal challenge to National Guard deployment in Portland, Oregon. Chicago and Illinois have filed a lawsuit to stop the deployments, calling them unnecessary and illegal. Trump has portrayed Chicago as a crime-ridden city, despite a significant recent drop in crime.

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