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A Springfield youth won a contest to design the bus wrap used.
“We need Democrats and Republicans to come to the table”
“The American people, regardless of where they reside, should not live under the threat of occupation by the United States military, particularly not simply because their city or state leadership has fallen out of a president’s favor,” the lawsuit says.
Despite the national unity and shared sacrifice, “There are plenty of soldiers who want to just go home, who desert.”
One shooting near Millikin University, another elsewhere in Decatur.
Rodrick Johnson, a U.S. citizen briefly detained, said agents broke through his door and placed him in zip ties.
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson confirmed that the president authorized using the Illinois National Guard members, citing what she called “ongoing violent riots and lawlessness” that local leaders have not quelled.
During a hastily called evening telephone hearing, U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut granted a temporary restraining order sought by California and Oregon.
Noem also accompanied agents Friday on a raid near a local Walmart store and later engaged in a tit-for-tat over unannounced visits — and even bathroom use — with the Broadview mayor.
Pritzker said the guard received word from the Pentagon in the morning that the troops would be called up.