Judge blocks Trump from sending troops to Portland

Associated Press PORTLAND Ore AP A federal judge in Oregon has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump s administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland U S District Judge Karin Immergut issued the order Saturday in a lawsuit brought by the state and city The Defense Department had stated it was placing members of Oregon s National Guard under federal control for days to protect federal property at locations where protests are occurring or likely to occur after Trump called the city war-ravaged Oregon officers declared that description was ludicrous The U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in the city has not long ago been the site of nightly protests which typically drew a couple dozen people in current weeks before the deployment was reported