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Today’s Big Stories
1. National Guard troops are outside Chicago and could be in Memphis soon in Trump’s latest deployment
National Guard troops are positioned outside Chicago and they could be in Memphis by Friday as the Trump administration pushes ahead with an aggressive policy toward big-city crime whether local leaders support it or not.
National Guard members from Texas had settled in at an Army Reserve center in Illinois by early Wednesday, despite a lawsuit and vigorous opposition from Democratic elected leaders. Their exact mission was not clear, though the Trump administration has an aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the nation’s third-largest city, and protesters have frequently rallied at an immigration building outside Chicago in Broadview.
2. El Paso bishop brings Pope Leo XIV desperate letters from migrants in crosshairs of U.S. crackdown
The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown met Wednesday with Pope Leo XIV, bringing him a packet of letters from immigrant families “terrorized” by fear that they and their loved ones will be rounded up and deported as the Trump administration’s tactics grow increasingly combative.
El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz also showed Leo a video detailing the plight of migrants, and told The Associated Press afterward that Leo vowed to “stand with” them and the Catholic leaders who are trying to help them.
3. Robert Roberson remains hopeful as he faces another execution date in shaken baby syndrome case
Robert Roberson was calm and hopeful as he pondered his mortality and whether he could again avoid becoming the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.
With days to go before his scheduled Oct. 16 execution, Roberson maintained his innocence in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, in the east Texas city of Palestine. He is set to die by lethal injection nearly a year to the day after a group of Texas lawmakers, who say he is innocent, secured an extraordinary last-minute court reprieve as Roberson waited outside the death chamber in Huntsville.
Notes for Tomorrow
Thursday, Oct. 9
- Arraignment for former FBI Director James Comey, charged with lying to Congress
- Sentencing for Jose Uribe, New Jersey businessman involved in alleged bribery scheme alongside Dem Sen. Bob Menendez
- Federal Reserve chair, Treasury secretary and Federal Reserve vice chair speak at Community Bank Conference
- Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report – Initial Claims
- Nobel Prize for Literature announced
- New York Comic Con
- Def Leppard honored with star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
In Case You Missed It
Planes land and take off at Harry Reid International Airport, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Staffing shortages cause more U.S. flight delays as government shutdown reaches 7th day
Staffing shortages led to more flight delays at airports across the U.S. on Tuesday as the federal government shutdown stretched into a seventh day, while union leaders for air traffic controllers and airport security screeners warned the situation was likely to get worse.
The Federal Aviation Administration reported staffing issues at airports in Nashville, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia, and at its air traffic control centers in Atlanta and the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The agency temporarily slowed takeoffs of planes headed to the first three cities.