CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge in Chicago is expected to sign off Wednesday on a 30-day extension banning the deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois.

The expected extension comes two weeks after the judge partially granted a temporary restraining order against National Guard deployment in Illinois, which was set to expire Thursday, and just under a week after a federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s request to lift the order.

But anything the judge decides Wednesday could be moot if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in the meantime.

Attorneys representing the Trump administration said in court filings Tuesday that they would agree to possibly extend the block on the deployment of troops for 30 days. However, they're also continuing to ask the Supreme Court to inte

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