Ill. Says Trump's 'Forced Retreat' Can't End Nat'l Guard Suit

By Celeste Bott ( March 12, 2026, 5:05 PM EDT) -- 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their lawsuit challenging National Guard deployment to the state because all the troops have since been demobilized or withdrawn, with no plans to return, telling an Illinois federal judge that the president's social media posts and public statements tell a different story....

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