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Federal Court Gives Trump Green Light to Deploy Troops to Portland

HeadlineOct 21, 2025

A federal appeals court has ruled that President Trump can deploy the National Guard to Portland, lifting a lower court’s restraining order that had blocked Trump from sending troops to the city. Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said if the ruling stands, it would give Trump “unilateral power to put Oregon soldiers on our streets with almost no justification,” adding, “We are on a dangerous path in America.”

Meanwhile, a federal judge in Chicago questioned federal immigration authorities Monday about using tear gas against protesters and journalists, violating a previous court order preventing ICE from deploying tear gas against crowds.

This comes as another court has denied granting a restraining order to stop Tennessee’s Republican Governor Bill Lee from deploying the National Guard in Memphis.

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