Chicago

Biden, Obama and Clinton are expected to join thousands of mourners in Chicago for a public memorial honoring the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil-rights leader and Democratic power broker who died last month at 84. The gathering at the House of Hope, a 10,000-seat venue on the city’s South Side, is poised to be the largest service celebrating Jackson’s life and legacy. Organizers said former first ladies Jill Biden and Hillary Clinton, who also served as U.S. secretary of state, plan to attend. Singers Jennifer Hudson, BeBe…

Trump to pull National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland as courts curb deployments President Donald Trump said his administration is removing National Guard troops from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, but warned federal forces will “come back” if crime rises — a retreat that follows a string of legal setbacks, including a U.S. Supreme Court order limiting his authority to seize control of state guards. Local leaders in those cities and Democratic officials have argued the deployments were unnecessary and…