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A federal appeals court is expected to decide on President Trump's authority to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Ore. , within the coming days. A similar case about troop deployments in Chicago is going to the Supreme Court. The federal government deployed troops to both cities against the wishes of the Illinois and Oregon Democratic governors, and district courts temporarily blocked the deployments. Here's what you should know about legal battles over the deployments in both states.

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