A spokesperson for Gov. Gavin Newsom said the Defense Department has told California that its National Guard members will start returning from Oregon.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. military has awarded Boeing two contracts valued at over $7 billion, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. A nearly $4.7 billion Army contract was awarded for new build Apache AH-64E attack helicopters, Longbow crew trainers, and related accessories, according to the Pentagon.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “does not know” who the military is killing in strikes against “drug boats” off the coast of Venezuela, a report has alleged. People familiar with classified briefings tell The New York Times that the military has abandoned its typical approach of targeting confirmed adversaries and is instead blowing up vessels without knowing “precisely” who it is hitting.

The move comes amid court battles and objections by state and local leaders to President Trump’s deployment orders.

About 300 Illinois National Guard troops will remain activated in the Chicago area, as will about 200 soldiers from the Oregon National Guard in the Portland area, the officials said.

U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) holds a town hall to discuss the impact of proposed Republican cuts to Medicaid and food assistance benefits at Chiricahua Community Health Center in Sierra Vista, Arizona,