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The federal government could be in contempt of court for defying a U.S. District Court judge’s order blocking National Guard deployment to Portland. U.S. Department of Justice attorney Jean Lin on Wednesday admitted to Judge Karin Immergut that Oregon National Guard troops were briefly sent to Portland despite Immergut’s order blocking such a deployment. The […]

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Three judges will decide “as quickly as possible,” they said, whether to uphold a temporary order barring President Donald Trump from deploying Oregon National Guard troops to Portland. U.S. Circuit Judges Susan Graber, Ryan Nelson and Bridget Bade heard oral arguments Thursday morning from the state of Oregon and the Trump administration in the 9th […]

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The city of Portland, state leaders and hundreds of Oregon and California National Guard troops are in legal limbo as federal courts determine the legality of President Donald Trump’s unprecedented efforts to federalize and deploy Guard troops to U.S. cities. Trump and his administration have not as of Monday afternoon asked a federal appeals court […]

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A federal judge is considering whether to temporarily block President Donald Trump from federalizing and deploying Oregon National Guard troops to Portland following a challenge from the state and the city of Portland. Judge Karin Immergut of the U.S. District Court in Portland said she would make a decision either Friday or Saturday on whether […]