Supreme Court blocks National Guard deployment to Chicago
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The troops will join an existing wave of Border Patrol agents, months after Gov. Jeff Landry first suggested that the National Guard could help tamp down on crime in Louisiana.
Air Force Gen. Gregory Guillot testified the mobilizations are lawful and troops are thoroughly trained to understand the limits of their authorities.
The two Iowa National Guard members killed in a weekend attack that the U.S. military blamed on the Islamic State group in Syria have been identified. The U.S.