Meanwhile, the unique status of the District of Columbia National Guard — Trump is its commander in chief — means he has been able to use it for everything from armed patrols to trash cleanup without any legal issues. Because it is on state and not federal orders, legal restrictions on law enforcement don’t come into effect.

For now, President Donald Trump’s decision to hold off National Guard troops in Chicago represents a political victory for Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker.

President Donald Trump on Monday continued to take aim at Chicago as the city braces for expected federal intervention.

There’s a reason President Donald Trump shelved his publicly stated plans to target Chicago as the next city for his domestic crime push and instead turned his sights on Memphis.

Democratic elected officials in Chicago are responding after President Donald Trump again appeared to threaten to send in troops for a widespread immigration and crime crackdown.

President Donald Trump is amplifying his promises to dispatch the National Guard to Chicago by posting a parody image from “Apocalypse Now" featuring a ball of flames as helicopters zoom overhead.

The White House "Border Czar" says Chicago should expect a surge of immigration enforcement actions this week, and he says the use of National Guard troops to protect and support those operations is "on the table.

President Donald Trump threatened to unleash the newly named Department of War on Chicago which Illinois Gov. JB Pritzer denounced as "threatening to go to war

Protesters also opposed Trump's threats to deploy National Guard troops to fight crime in Chicago, which would be an extraordinary effort to militarize the country's third-largest city. On Wednesday, however, Vice President JD Vance said there were "no immediate plans" to send the National Guard to Chicago.