In just four months, Trump has suggested or ordered sending federal intervention to nearly a dozen cities.
Chicago
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Chicago puts up a fight against Trump, deployment of National Guard troops
National Guard troops from Illinois and Texas have been tasked with protecting federal government employees such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, and federal property.
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Deploying troops to Chicago is not legally justified, says Illinois attorney general
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul says the only “chaos” on Chicago’s streets is coming from federal immigration agents carrying our aggressive enforcement.
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Where things stand with Trump’s National Guard deployments
The Trump administration has deployed or threatened to deploy National Guard troops in more than half a dozen American cities that it says are crime ridden.
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Opinion: ‘Free speech doesn’t work just when you agree with it’
NPR’s Scott Simon recalls a First Amendment case from the late 1970s involving the rights of a neo-Nazi group to march through a predominantly Jewish suburb of Chicago.
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How Chicago, Baltimore and New Orleans are reacting to Trump’s National Guard threats
Even after a federal court ruled his use of the National Guard in LA was illegal, the president has weighed sending troops to Chicago, Baltimore and New Orleans. Here’s where things stand in those cities.
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Chicago’s mayor pushes back as Trump administration readies immigration crackdown
Brandon Johnson signed an executive order barring the city’s police from collaborating with federal officers on civil immigration enforcement operations, and U.S. military personnel on police patrols.
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4 people were killed on a train in the Chicago area on Labor Day, police say
The suspect initially escaped from the scene, but was later found through Chicago Transit Authority surveillance video. Police now have the person in custody and seized a firearm in their possession.
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Chicago ’68 recalls a Democratic convention and a political moment like no other
In the months leading up to DNC 2024, “Chicago ‘68” has been repeatedly conjured. But there is nothing in this political climate to compare to ’68 and the all-encompassing anxiety over Vietnam.
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Opinion: Remembering our colleague and friend, Ina Jaffe
NPR’s Scott Simon remembers Ina Jaffe, who first edited this program and later reported on seniors for NPR. Jaffe died this week at the age of 75.
