National Guard

A group of people in military fatigues walks into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Thursday, Oct. 9. National Guard troops were deployed to the facility earlier in the day.

Illinois

Trump agrees to extend judge’s block on deploying National Guard as Supreme Court weighs case

Hannah Meisel

Unclear when high court might rule on administration’s plea for intervention

Members of the National Guard are seen while patrolling the National Mall, on September 02, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Government & Politics

‘The powder keg is growing.’ Former Chicagoans in D.C. call guard deployment ‘unprecedented and scary’

Tina Sfondeles

Former Chicagoan Nick Albano describes the tension in the nation’s capital from President Donald Trump’s crime and immigration mission as a growing “powder keg,” and he’s anxiously watching to see what may happen in his former hometown.

Fallen Illinois Soldier To Be Honored With Memorial Highway

Amanda Vinicky

A section of Illinois Route 8 in East Peoria may be dedicated to a fallen Illinois soldier. State representatives Thursday moved to designate a roadway as…

Could Illinois Guard Be Called In To Ferguson?

Amanda Vinicky

Missouri's governor has brought in the National Guard to help to help deal with rioting in Ferguson, outside of St. Louis. Protests that erupted there…

Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment, Illinois National Guard are assigned to a provincial reconstruction team’s security forces platoon. Gardez, Afghanistan, April 13, 2009.

Citizen Soldiers: The National Guard Has Borne the High Costs of Deployments to Afghanistan & Iraq

Americans often hear that deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq are overstressing the citizen-soldiers of the National Guard.Typical of such critics is…