Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said Saturday that despite his repeated rejections for federal mobilization to Chicago, President Donald Trump will send in 300 National Guardsman as tensions between local leaders and the federal government heat up. Pritzker said on social media posts that the Trump administration gave him an ultimatum: "call up your troops, or we will." "In the coming hours, the Trump Administration intends to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard," the governor said. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed the order during an interview with conservative host Benny Johnson Friday. "I sent a request to [Defense] Secretary [Pete] Hegseth. Will be rolling in in the next 24 hours. I put a request in for them to Chicago," Noem said adding that

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