(The Center Square) – The state of Illinois asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear President Donald Trump's request to deploy the National Guard to Chicago amid a disagreement about plans for immigration enforcement in the state's most populous city.

The Supreme Court will be hearing arguments about an Illinois law that could allow officials to count mail-in ballots that are received after Election Day.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a lawsuit led by U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (R-Illinois), challenging the Illinois mail-in voting law.

The Trump administration on Friday afternoon asked the Supreme Court to pause an order by a federal judge in Illinois that bars the federal government from deploying the National Guard […]

The Trump administration says lower courts are interfering with the president's attempt to protect federal officers tasked with enforcing immigration law.