Illinois senator Dick Durbin grills Trump’s attorney general on the Epstein investigation and Bondi tells him ‘national guard is on the way’ to Chicago
Bondi and Senate Democrats spar amid Trump’s troop deployments
Before we turn our attention to Capitol Hill, we’re also keeping an eye on Illinois today. On Monday, a federal judge did not immediately block the president’s move to deploy national guard troops, including hundreds from Texas, to Chicago.
Instead, the judge set a hearing for Thursday, leaving room for the military to make their way to the windy city as soon as today.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/oct/07/donald-trump-national-guard-pam-bondi-mark-carney-government-shutdown-us-politics-live-news-updates
Author : Shrai Popat (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier)
Publish date : 2025-10-07 16:25:00
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