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President Donald Trump has taken aim in his second term at some of the country’s largest Democratic-run cities – Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, DC – sending in federal officers and, in some cases, the US military to aid immigration enforcement and root out what he calls rampant crime. But one of his targets isn’t even among the country’s biggest 30 …

Court gives Trump control over Oregon National Guard, though deployment still on hold  The Hill Federal appeals court ruling keeps Oregon National Guard federalized ahead of oral arguments  Oregon Public Broadcasting – OPB Appeals court lifts order on Portland National Guard, deployment still blocked  ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Gov. Tina Kotek calls for troops to be sent home …

Portland, Oregon — Ongoing protests outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Portland, Oregon, have largely been contained to a single block in the downtown South Waterfront neighborhood, but the perception of Portland as unsafe has created ripple effects across this 135-square-mile city.  On one particular October day, Mother’s Bistro and Bar in downtown Portland was seeing …

Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers with Company G, 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment, March 4, 2018 in Salem, Oregon. Sgt. 1st Class April Davis / Oregon Military Department Public Affairs Oregon National Guard troops can remain under federal control – but can’t yet be deployed in Portland – under an order issued by a panel of federal appeals court judges. …

Judge Karin Immergut appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2018 for a hearing on her nomination for a federal judge seat. Courtesy of C-SP When President Donald Trump criticized U.S. District Court Judge Karin J. Immergut on Sunday for blocking his deployment of 200 members of the Oregon National Guard, it was evident he didn’t know who she was, …

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Tuesday directed a senior military leader to demobilize and send home the roughly 200 members of Oregon National Guard troops who had been stationed at Camp Rilea, outside of Astoria. In a letter to Gen. Gregory Guillot, the commander of the United States Northern Command, the governor said she was calling for the immediate demobilization …

Before a federal judge blocked Donald Trump from putting members of California’s national guard on the streets of Portland, Oregon, late on Sunday, the state’s Republican party welcomed the planned deployment in celebratory posts on social media. “President Trump on Sunday deployed 300 California National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon after a judge ruled that the Oregon National Guard could …

City attorneys from around the nation, including Los Angeles and Chicago, joined together to side with Oregon and its request for a federal appeals court to keep in place a judge’s order barring the Trump administration’s mobilization of National Guard troops to Portland. Forty-two cities and counties signed onto a friend-of-the-court brief by the Oakland-based Public Rights Project late Monday. …

CORVALLIS — With athletic director Scott Barnes and deputy AD Brent Blaylock present in the back of the room Monday, Trent Bray spoke plainly. Oregon State football is going to need more engagement from fans and donors — not less — if they want to compete, Bray said. The same goes for his players and remaining assistant coaches after the …

Oregon and Illinois clash with Trump administration over National Guard deployments  Politico Federal judge temporarily blocks any deployment of National Guard to Portland  CNN White House rebukes ‘egregious’ court order blocking troop deployments amid Portland unrest  Fox News What Is the National Guard, and Who Controls It?  The New York Times Kotek: California National Guard troops arrived unannounced in Portland overnight  KATU Source link