Militarizing Metropolitan Cities

Chicago likely next stop in National Guard deployment

View online. YOUR MORNING August 25, 2025 Good morning, NewsNation. For more fact-based, unbiased news coverage 24/7 – Download the NewsNation app here > Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago as Trump eyes crackdown Crime crackdown: The Trump administration has been working on plans to deploy thousands of National Guard members to Chicago after mobilizing troops to Washington, D.C., earlier this month to combat crime and homelessness. They could arrive as soon as September, according to reports. National Guard members have also been authorized to carry service weapons in the nation's capital, the Defense Department said Sunday. Full story > 1,700 National Guard troops to be 'force multiplier' for ICE: Homan > Trump will try to extend his 30-day police takeover in DC > Kilmar Abrego Garcia, facing deportation to Uganda, checks in with ICE Deportation saga: Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a high-security prison in El Salvador and later returned to the United States, reports to Immigration, Customs and Enforcement officials in Baltimore today. However, his attorneys have said this is no ordinary check-in. The latest >   Deportation to Uganda: Abrego Garcia rejected the Trump administration's offer to be sent to Costa Rica in exchange for remaining in jail and pleading guilty to human smuggling charges, his attorneys said. Skipping that deal would instead have Abrego Garcia deported to Uganda "no earlier than 72 hours from now (absent weekends)," according to his lawyers. Abrego Garcia, who is not from Uganda, was released Friday from a Tennessee jail, where he had been held since June, when a federal judge ruled he must be brought back from El Salvador. Read more >   Kilmar Abrego Garcia returns to US to face charges > Noem condemns Abrego Garcia release: A 'new low'> Father of missing California baby assisted in search for child's remains Grim search continues: The father of missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro, who is presumed dead, assisted investigators in the search for the child's remains. Authorities launched an extensive search after Rebecca and Jake Haro said Emmanuel was kidnapped from a store parking lot after a stranger knocked Rebecca Haro unconscious. The latest >   Parents arrested: In the days following Emmanuel's disappearance, new revelations emerged, including that the couple was being uncooperative with investigators. Emmanuel's parents were arrested on suspicion of murder after a widely publicized search for their son. Read more > First human case of New World screwworm reported in US Human screwworm: A case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite has been identified in an individual in Maryland who had traveled to the U.S. from Guatemala, according to sources. The person, who received treatment in Maryland, is the first confirmed case in the U.S. of New World screwworm, a parasite that eats cattle and other warm-blooded animals alive, since an outbreak began to escalate and move northward from Central America and southern Mexico late last year. What to know >  WHAT WE'RE WATCHING 👀 We're keeping an eye on these topics today. Make sure you tune in to our latest coverage and share your thoughts with us on social media! Trump hosts the South Korean president at the White House. "El Mayo," former head of the Sinaloa cartel, is expected to plead guilty in a drug trafficking case in New York City. 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