Trump suffers another blow in National Guard deployment
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Judge Karin Immergut said she will decide by Monday whether to dissolve a restraining order blocking President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops in Portland.
Lawyers for the state of Oregon allege federal attorneys severely mischaracterized the number of federal police officers sent at any given time to Portland over the summer, and that the error undercuts the federal government’s argument for deploying National Guard troops to the city.
A federal appeals court allowed President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon. Oregon plans to appeal the decision. Also, Tennessee officials are filing a lawsuit challenging the deployment of troops to Memphis.
U.S. President Donald Trump is calling off any planned deployment of federal agents to the city of San Francisco, the California city's mayor said on Thursday, citing a call with the Republican leader.