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Illinois Governor JB. Pritzker is accusing President Trump of abusing
his power after reports of a plan to send federal
troops to Chicago. Pritzker responded with a social media post
late Saturday saying his state has made no such requests
for federal help and receive no outreach from the federal government,
asking if Illinois needs assistance. The Washington Post reported Saturday

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that the Pentagon has been planning a military deployment to
Chicago for weeks.

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When we're ready, we'll go in a world straight down Chicago,
just like.

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We did DC.

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The supposed deployment would involve a few thousand National Guard members.
President Trump's border cz are is defiant after a federal
judge ordered the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Jim Forbes as
the latest.

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Tom Homan said, the order is quote not going to
stop the operations of immigration and Customs enforcement, and federal
authority will continue making arrests. The judge ordered the immigrant
detention center, located in the Everglades, to close within sixty days.
The judge says state and federal authorities broke several environmental

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laws as they race to build the camp. The state
of Florida has appealed the injunction.

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Millions of Americans across the West are under extreme heat
alerts for casters or warning of dangerous heat today, from Phoenix,
Arizona to Seattle, Washington. Hotter than normal temps are expected
in the Pacific Northwest through Monday, and his and Portland
could reach the upper nineties. Spokane and Boise will also
hit the mid nineties today, and the extreme heat will

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continue to raise wildfire concerns in the Southwest, which is
also being hit with very warm winds and low humidity.
The first round of the US Open is set to
begin today in New York. Top sy Yonick Center will
be looking to defend his title after winning the Open
last year. On the women's side, arena, Sabolenca will be
aiming for her second straight US Open crown. Excit Zeytman

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is set to get under way at the new Billy
Jean King National Tennis Center. I'm Lisa Carton On the
east coast, New Jersey, health officials are warning path and
light rail riders about possible measles exposure. Sarah Lee Kessler
reports this.

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After a Hudson County resident with a confirmed case of
measles rode the rails between August thirteenth and fifteenth, specifically
the Hudson Bergen light rail using the eighth Street station
and the path Newark World Trade Center line, with time
spent at the Exchange PlayStation in Jersey City. Writers who

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think they may have been exposed are being told to
watch for symptoms including high fever, cough, red eyes, running nose,
and a rash that appears a few days after symptoms start.

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A man who plays the winning twenty five thousand dollars
bid on accused Gilgo beach killer Rex Heyerman's Vietnam War
era jeep says he only did it to troll the family.
Lisa Salvati with more The New.

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York Post or it's the bidder, Jonathan Randall posted on
social media, writing, you aren't going to profit off your
husband's murders. You discussing ghoul. The bid was the second
time the vehicle had been listed for sale, with the
first listing being taken down for overtly advertising its owner.
Randall told the Post he decided to bid after eBay
failed to remove the second listing. eBay defended the auction

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in a message, saying it's not murderabilia until Rex is convicted.
Hooyerman has been charged with the murders of seven people
and has pleaded not guilty.

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SpaceX will try again to launch its massive Starship rocket tonight.
The private space company says its Flight ten Starship is
set for liftoff at seven thirty pm Eastern from its
launch pad in star based, Texas, the Gulf Coast. The
uncrewed prototype will follow a similar flightplan to the last
three Starship missions, which all failed. SpaceX is hoping the

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Starship will continue flying through space this time so it
can deploy eight satellite simulators. Starship Flight ten is the
fourth launch of twenty twenty five by SpaceX. I'm Lisa Carton.