The Texas National Guard removed seven soldiers from Illinois amid questions about their physical fitness. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called it a return to “standards.”

A lower court judge issued an Oct. 9 order blocking the deployment of the National Guard in Illinois for at least two weeks.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow for the deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois to protect federal agents conducting immigration enforcement.

A national partisan divide over Trump's attempt to send National Guard troops across state lines held fast among Arizona's candidates for governor.