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The Trump administration has appealed U.S. District Judge April Perry’s ruling temporarily blocking the deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in a statement that the administration would not cease from efforts to bolster federal operations by mobilizing troops.
“Amidst ongoing violent riots and lawlessness, that local leaders like [Gov. JB] Pritzker have refused to step in to quell, President Trump has exercised his lawful authority to protect federal officers and assets,” Jackson said in a statement. “President Trump will not turn a blind eye to the lawlessness plaguing American cities and we expect to be vindicated by a higher court.”
In her ruling, Perry cited findings by other courts in recent days that the Department of Homeland Security was using “unreliable evidence” in its accounts of criminal activity, casting “significant doubt” on its assertions about what is happening in Chicago.
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Trump intended his recent Truth Social post imploring Attorney General Pam Bondi to take legal action against his opponents as a direct message, according to a Trump administration official.
Trump was surprised to learn he had actually posted the message to his Truth Social account, the source said, adding that the president reacted by saying “Oh,” and then tried to shrug it off.
The Wall Street Journal first reported that Trump meant the post as a direct message.
The lengthy post on Sept. 20 addressed Bondi as “Pam” and expressed frustration that “nothing is being done” to his foes.
“What about Comey, Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff, Leticia???” he wrote, referring to former FBI Director James Comey, Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
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White House communications director Steven Cheung lashed out at the committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize after it gave the award this morning to Maria Corina Machada of Venezuela.
Trump had repeatedly made clear that he wanted to win the prize for his various peacemaking efforts.
“President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives,” Cheung wrote in a post on X. “He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will. The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace.”
The Norwegian Nobel Committee granted this year’s award to Venezuelan opposition leader Machado, citing “courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist” authoritarian leadership.
Trump said yesterday that he is planning to leave for the Middle East on Sunday and will “probably be there” when the remaining hostages in Gaza are released on Monday or Tuesday.
“I think it’s going to be great,” Trump said. “The hostages will be coming back Monday or Tuesday.” He added, “I hope to be there, and we’re planning on leaving sometime Sunday, and I look forward to it.”
Trump said during his Cabinet meeting yesterday that he plans to travel to Egypt for an official signing of the ceasefire deal.
Trump also said later yesterday afternoon that “nobody’s going to be forced to leave” Gaza under the ceasefire plan and that an international stabilization force is “to be determined” and will be funded by “rich countries,” which senior U.S. officials said would include 200 personnel from U.S. Central Command.
“Everybody’s celebrating. Everybody loves the deal,” Trump added. “So it’s a great honor to have been working on it. And as you know, it’s all finalized and done.
A federal judge granted Chicago and Illinois a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration, which court documents show had deployed 200 Texas troops to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility. Judge April Parry said in court that the National Guard would “only add fuel to the fire that the defendants themselves have started.” NBC’s Maggie Vespa reports for “TODAY.”
The president is going to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center today for what he said would be a “semiannual physical.”
“I’m meeting with the troops, and I’m also going to do a sort of semiannual physical, which I do, and I think I’m in great shape, but I’ll let you know,” Trump said yesterday. “But no, I have no difficulty thus far.”
“Physically, I feel very good. Mentally, I feel very good. You know, I did about six, seven months ago,” he said, referring to his last visit to Walter Reed on April 11. “I do physicals. I like to when I’m around, I like to check. Always early, always be early; it’s a lesson for a lot of people. But I also did a cognitive exam — which is always very risky, because if I didn’t do well, you’d be the first to be blaring it — and I had a perfect score.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday characterized the visit as “his routine yearly checkup,” adding that the president was “considering going to the Middle East shortly thereafter.”
Trump underwent laboratory and diagnostic tests during his physical in April, which found largely normal results, a memo from White House physician Sean Barbabella said.
Three state Supreme Court justices are on the ballot in Pennsylvania next month in a typically under-the-radar vote that could have far-reaching implications in the critical battleground state.
The justices — Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht, who are all backed by the Democratic Party — are facing an up-or-down “retention” election, meaning voters choose whether to keep them on the court for another 10 years.
Few Pennsylvania justices have lost their jobs in this way. But with Democrats’ 5-2 Supreme Court majority at stake ahead of the 2026 and 2028 elections, this year’s retention vote is drawing big money and attention. If all three justices were to lose, Pennsylvania’s high court could be deadlocked 2-2 through the end of 2027.
“This is without question the most important retention election in Pennsylvania history,” said Eugene DePasquale, chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party. “Reproductive freedom, free and fair elections, quality education, and a clean environment — they are all in the ballot.”
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Trump and his administration have ramped up a specific rhetorical attack on their perceived opponents, casting Democrats and others as fomenting “insurrection.”
Trump and one of his top lieutenants, deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, have used the word to describe a handful of groups and events in recent weeks — court rulings against the administration, protesters in Portland, Oregon, and Los Angeles, violence against immigration officers, liberal groups they’ve accused of fomenting violence and even Democrats themselves.
Trump and a top adviser’s use of the word is significant as he considers invoking the Insurrection Act — an 1807 law last used 30 years ago — that would allow him to send active duty troops to conduct law enforcement operations such as searches and arrests in American cities. NBC News reported this week that Trump administration officials have seriously discussed invoking the act, according to five people with knowledge of the talks.
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