New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Buses at a quiet training center, a crowded docket in the Loop, and a city calibrating restraint as federal power arrives.

Pennsylvania - By midweek, a column of charter buses eased through the gates of the Joliet Army Reserve Training Center in Will County. On board were Texas National Guard soldiers carrying rucksacks and hard cases. The arrival put first pictures to a fast moving legal and political fight that has moved from podiums to filings and now to streets where residents are preparing to rally. For readers tracking the policy arc that led here, our earlier reporting on the federal site protection plan described by Illinois officials maps the origin of this deployment. Local outlets also published first conf...