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Donald Trump threatened to deploy National Guard troops Sunday to yet another Democratic stronghold, the Maryland city of Baltimore, as the US president seeks to expand his crackdown on crime and immigration.

Pentagon official confirms plan as House minority leader Jeffries says president is ‘playing’ with Americans’ lives

Background records of police recruits in Illinois must be available to a prospective employer under a new law in response to last summer's shooting death of Sonya Massey

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker on Monday compared President Donald Trump's threat to deploy the National Guard to Chicago to tactics used by the Nazi Party in Germany during the 1930s

The president is extending his tyrannical reach over the U.S. one city at a time.

Illinois, New York among Democratic states threatening counter-measures over Texas redistricting

Governor warns lawmakers who left to foil redistricting plan that he could call special session to extend battle

Republican push for gerrymandered congressional maps triggers down-and-dirty response from new generation – will it work?

The gerrymandering drama in Texas – and beyond – has continued to unfold after Democratic state legislators fled the state. The Democrats want to prevent the Republican-controlled government from enacting a mid-decade gerrymander aimed at giving Republicans several more seats in Congress.