President Trump is continuing his crackdown on American cities.

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I'm Hannah Jewell.

It's Tuesday, October 7th.

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

Number one.

President Donald Trump is deploying the National Guard in unprecedented ways.

Since June, the Trump administration has sent or pledged to send troops to more than half a dozen Democrat-led American cities, including Los Angeles, D.C. and Memphis.

Over the weekend, Trump escalated his efforts.

He moved to deploy the National Guard to Chicago and Portland, Oregon over court challenges and the objections of local officials.

White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt defended the president's moves in a news conference yesterday.

You guys are framing this, like the president wants to take over the American cities with the military. The president wants to help these local leaders who have been completely ineffective

in securing their own cities. But state and local leaders say they do not want or need

this kind of help. In a statement on Sunday, Illinois

Governor J.B. Pritzker called the deployment to Chicago, Trump's invasion. According to historians

and experts who study the National Guard, Trump's maneuvers are unlike any past use of military force.

They fear it could impact troop readiness, training, and morale

for a force typically deployed to respond to the aftermath of storms and other emergencies.

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