Illinois and Chicago are fighting a Trump administration plan to send in hundreds of troops, and an Oregon judge blocked a National Guard deployment to Portland.

Here's a snapshot of where things stand with federal law enforcement activity in Portland, Chicago and elsewhere.

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka said he accepted the National Theatre’s renaming with “mixed feelings” after years criticising monument appropriations.

ELWOOD, Ill. (AP) — National Guard troops are positioned outside Chicago and they could be in Memphis by Friday as the Trump administration pushes ahead with an aggressive policy toward big-city crime ...

Pritzker said Sunday night the Illinois National Guard was informed members of the Texas National Guard would soon be deployed to Illinois, in addition to Trump's federalization of the Illinois ...

Picture the perfect autumn walk in your mind and it probably includes the following: colourful leaves, paths strewn with conkers or acorns, bright sunshine but with a slight chill in the air, all ...

U.S. President Donald Trump authorized the deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard troops to protect federal officers and assets in Chicago on Saturday, marking the latest escalation of his use of ...