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The Trump administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a legal fight over the immediate deployment of National Guard troops in Illinois.

The filing comes after the 7 th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday published an opinion bolstering its ruling last weekend refusing to stay U.S. District Court Judge April Perry’s block on deploying guardsmen while the matter is appealed.

Perry’s Oct. 9 temporary restraining order is set to expire after two weeks, but a hearing on a possible extension is scheduled for Wednesday.

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CHICAGO, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) — The Trump administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the immediate deployment of National

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