April 20, 2026
An Illinois federal judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit filed by the state and the city of Chicago challenging the deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois, agreeing with the Trump administration that the case is now moot because the troops have been demobilized or withdrawn and the orders authorizing their presence "are no longer alive."
March 12, 2026
The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago are pushing back on the Trump administration's bid to dismiss their lawsuit challenging National Guard deployment to the state because all the troops have since been demobilized or withdrawn, with no plans to return, telling an Illinois federal judge that the president's social media posts and public statements tell a different story.
February 09, 2026
The Trump administration has urged a federal judge to permanently toss Illinois' lawsuit looking to halt any National Guard deployment to the state, arguing the case is moot now that all the troops have been demobilized or withdrawn and the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the president can't federalize the guard to aid in immigration enforcement.
January 15, 2026
An Illinois federal judge agreed to stay forthcoming deadlines in a suit over the deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois, with the parties exploring a possible settlement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump can't federalize the Guard to aid in immigration enforcement.
October 22, 2025
An Illinois federal judge's order temporarily blocking the deployment of National Guard troops to the state will remain in place indefinitely as the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether President Donald Trump has the authority to send in hundreds of federalized troops and whether the justices are entitled to review his decision at all.
October 10, 2025
The Seventh Circuit on Saturday refused to grant the Trump administration's emergency order to stay an Illinois federal judge's ruling blocking the deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago while the appeals court considers the matter, but did pause the ruling as it pertains to the federalization of the National Guard in Illinois.
October 09, 2025
An Illinois federal judge Thursday partially granted a temporary restraining order over the objection of the Trump administration blocking the deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois, saying the presence of those officers would "only add fuel to the fire defendants themselves have started."
October 06, 2025
The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago sued the Trump administration in federal court Monday seeking to block the federalization and deployment of as many as 700 members of the National Guard to the city, arguing that bedrock legal principles limiting the president's authority to involve the military in domestic affairs are "in peril."