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Federal judge blocks Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops in Portland, ruling that small protests don’t justify federal intervention.

Judge Karin Immergut said the deployment could harm Oregon’s sovereignty and was “untethered to the facts.”

The ruling adds to legal challenges facing Trump’s deployment of federal forces in Democratic-led cities nationwide.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge in Oregon temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland, ruling Saturday in a lawsuit brought by the state and city.

U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut issued the order pending further arguments in the case. She said that the re

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