The sight of armed, camouflaged and masked Border Patrol agents making arrests near famous downtown Chicago landmarks has amplified concerns about the Trump administration growing federal intervention across U.S. cities. Illinois leaders warned Monday of a National Guard deployment. Memphis, Tennessee and Portland, Oregon have also braced for a surge of federal law enforcement, residents in the nation’s third-largest city met a brazen weekend escalation of immigration enforcement tactics with anger, fear and fresh claims of discrimination. But Trump has called the expansion of federal immigration agents and National Guard troops into American cities necessary, blasting Democrats for crime and lax immigration policies.

The Trump administration says three major public school districts could lose $24 million in funding because of their policies supporting transgender students. The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights had given New York City, Chicago, and Fairfax County, Virginia, schools until Tuesday to agree to changes. Among them were rescinding policies allowing students access to restrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identity. The department says the rules violate Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in education. The districts risk losing funding for specialty magnet schools as a result.

Some history teachers are concerned about what may come of a White House review of the Smithsonian's public-facing content. That material includes educational resources that many educators rely on to supplement their lessons. The White House issued a letter in August to a Smithsonian official calling for a review to “assess tone, historical framing, and alignment with American ideals.” The American Historical Association's survey of history teachers last year says federal museums are the most used free resource in the classroom. But some teachers worry that resources dealing with race and gender could disappear because of the review.

A federal judge in Boston has ordered the reversal of over $2.6 billion in federal funding cuts to Harvard University. The ruling, issued Wednesday, marks a significant victory for Harvard in its legal battle with the Trump administration. Judge Allison Burroughs found the cuts were illegal retaliation for Harvard’s refusal to comply with White House demands on governance and policies. The administration had linked the funding freezes to antisemitism issues on campus, but the judge called this a smokescreen. The White House said the administration would appeal the decision, making it unlikely that researchers receive funding any time soon.