What happened

Oregon filed a lawsuit Sunday seeking to block President Donald Trump from sending the state’s National Guard into Portland, calling it an unconstitutional abuse of power. Trump said Saturday on social media that he was deploying “all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland.”

The Pentagon Sunday told Gov. Tina Kotek (D) that at least 200 Guard members would be federalized and activated for 60 days, under the same contested authority as Trump’s deployment to Los Angeles this summer.

Who said what

Trump said the troops would protect “our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa ,” and he was “authorizing Full Force, if necessary.” An ICE processing center south of downtown Portland has been targeted by protesters since June, but the demonstrations h

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