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Near-daily protests continued outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in South Portland on Sun., Oct. 12, 2025. As the rally unfolded, thousands riding in an “emergency” World Naked Bike Ride rolled by to applause.Mark Graves/The Oregonian As the state of Oregon and the Trump administration await a ruling from a federal appeals court on whether the president can …

Gov. JB Pritzker points to Trump inconsistencies in deployment of National Guard to Chicago  Chicago Tribune Vance says administration will keep fighting to send National Guard to Chicago  NPR Active Illinois National Guard members share views on recent troop activations in Chicago area  Chicago Sun-Times Circuit Court walks back judge’s block on Trump’s National Guard call-up in Chicago  Politico National Guard troops in Illinois …

Hundreds of cyclists in various states of undress braved the rainy streets of Portland on Sunday afternoon to protest President Donald Trump’s attempts to send National Guard troops to the city. Meanwhile, a few hundred more marched from Elizabeth Caruthers Park in the South Waterfront to the nearby U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. “Whose streets? Our streets!” protestors chanted …

Appeals Court Allows Federalized National Guard, but Retains Block on Chicago Deployment  The New York Times National Guard troops in Illinois can remain federalized but can’t be deployed, appeals court rules  CNN Trump cannot deploy National Guard to Illinois, appeals court rules  BBC Trump’s National Guard troops can stay in Illinois but federal judge blocks deployment  Fox News Editorial: Trumpian smearing of Chicago gets …

A federal appeals court Saturday blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in the Chicago area amid ongoing protests at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities that the Trump administration has vowed to crack down on. The court ruled, however, that the National Guard troops can remain under federal control. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling from U.S. District Judge …

Deployment of National Guard troops within Illinois remains blocked Saturday after the federal appeals court in Chicago met the Trump administration halfway. The administration late Friday asked the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to delay the effect of a ruling handed down Thursday by U.S. District Judge April Perry. She had blocked the Trump administration from “ordering the federalization …

The waiting game continues in Portland and nationally as the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals weighs legal arguments over whether President Donald Trump can legally send National Guard troops to the city. There’s no deadline on the court’s ruling, though judges expressed skepticism of Oregon Judge Karin J. Immergut’s earlier decision to block the troop deployment during oral arguments …

Two long-time protesters debated economics with a farmer who had driven down from Washington to see the protests for himself. Oct. 9, 2025.Fedor Zarkhin Floyd Sawyer surveyed the block near the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in South Portland and seemed satisfied that he’d seen enough to come to his own conclusions about the protests that have been making …

For U.S. District Judge April Perry, it all came down to credibility. Should she believe local law enforcement officials, who say they have protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration campaign well in hand? Or Trump, whose aides claim a “brazen new form of hostility” targeting federal law enforcement had broken out in Illinois? In the end, Perry concluded the Trump …

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s National Guard Deployment in Chicago Area  The New York Times Court battles over National Guard troops deliver win for Chicago as Portland awaits ruling  CNN Federal judge blocks Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to Chicago, rest of state  Chicago Tribune What Courts Have Said in Challenges to Trump’s National Guard Deployments  The New York Times U.S. District …