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What is the situation in Chicago regarding National Guard deployment?
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On the web at theschmidt.org. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Chicagoans are bracing for the deployment of National Guard troops. Illinois Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker says troops from Illinois and Texas' National Guard have already arrived and will begin operations in the city later this week.
He says President Trump is using troops as political pawns and is calling on citizens to document their activities.
What we can't do is just sit idly by while these things are occurring, and that's why we've called on people to take action, like creating evidence for our court cases by pulling out their iPhones and their Android phones and filming everything.
Trump characterizes Chicago as a war zone and has said he would be willing to invoke the Insurrection Act, That's the law that allows a president to dispatch the military in states that are unable to put down an insurrection or are defying federal law. Illinois sued to block Trump's move. A judge gave the administration two days to respond to it.
A new White House memo is raising questions about whether furloughed federal workers will receive back pay when the government reopens. From member station WAMU, Jenny Abamu reports.
The White House is making the case that hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers are not automatically guaranteed back pay. The memo seeks to reinterpret a 2019 law passed during Trump's first term to protect furloughed workers, like Sarah Cobran at the National Institutes of Health. She still wants Democrats to hold the line.
Am I afraid of that consequence? Yeah, of course. I have, you know, dependents and a house and a mortgage and all those things. But I can't invest in every threat or I wouldn't survive it.
Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen helped write the 2019 back pay law. He says the statute is clear and, quote, there's nothing the administration can do to change that. For NPR News, I'm Jenny Abamu.
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