National Guard soldiers salute as President Donald Trump's motorcade drives by, in Washington. (AP Photo)

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday ordered the Pentagon to deploy 200 Oregon National Guard troops under federal authority as the state pushed against the order and filed a lawsuit challenging the deployment by President Donald Trump to send in the military forces into the Democratic-run city of Portland.

Trump had announced on Saturday to deploy troops in Portland which would be utilised to protect federal immigration centers against “domestic terrorists” and the president authorised the military personnel to use “full force, if necessary”. After Trump deployed troops in other Democratic-run cities, including Los Angeles and Washington DC , the administration has run into

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