In brief
A federal judge in Oregon has ruled against the Trump administration's plan to deploy National Guard members for crowd control in Portland, citing a lawsuit from state and local officials. The order comes after the President labeled the city as 'war-ravaged', which officials have criticized as exaggerated.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In a ruling that underscores the tension between federal and state responses to civil unrest, a federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland. U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut issued the injunction on Saturday following a lawsuit filed by state and city officials against the federal government.The Defense Department had planned to place 200 members of the Oregon National Guard under federal control for 60 days, with the intention of protecting federal property amid continuing protests in the city. The federal decision came shortly after President Trump described Portland as 'war-ravaged', a characterization that Oregon officials vehemently denounced as ludicrous.For context, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in Portland has been the focal point of nightly protests, but these gatherings had typically drawn only a small crowd in the weeks leading up to the announcement of federal troop deployment.}
