Guard members in Memphis are operating under the governor's command — unlike other cities facing troop deployments, including Los Angeles, Portland and Chicago.

National Guard troops were expected Friday to begin patrolling in Memphis, a day after a federal judge in Illinois blocked the deployment of troops in the Chicago area for at least two weeks.The on-again,

Texas National Guard arrives in Illinois, as Gov. Pritzker calls for end of Trump administration's 'authoritarian march'

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who sued the Trump administration two days later over the troop deployment, upbraided Hegseth on social media: " Pete Hegseth was busy ignoring his job and doing pushups as part of a show for the Guinness Book of World Records while Illinoisans are being invaded by Trump’s military troops."

Kennedy Center partners with Vet Tix to donate over $100,000 worth of tickets to veterans while the National Symphony Orchestra embraces patriotic programming.

According to the National Hurricane Center's 5 a.m. Thursday advisory, Tropical Storm Jerry is in the Atlantic Ocean, 395 miles east-southeast of the Northern Leeward Islands. The system, with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, is moving to the west-northwest at 20 mph.