Oregon’s governor says she told Kristi Noem ‘there is no insurrection in Oregon’ – as it happened
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Before we turn our attention to Capitol Hill, we're also keeping an eye on Illinois today. On Monday, a federal judge did not immediately block the president's move to deploy national guard troops, including hundreds from Texas, to Chicago.
Instead, the judge set a hearing for Thursday, leaving room for the military to make their way to the windy city as soon as today.
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