By Dietrich Knauth

(Reuters) -A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, will hold a hearing on Friday to consider next steps in a legal battle over President Donald Trump’s effort to deploy National Guard troops to the city, after an appeals court ruled this week that the president likely has the authority to do so.

That ruling put on hold the judge’s initial order blocking Trump from taking control of Oregon’s National Guard and sending them to Portland. But it did not apply to her second order, still in effect, barring deployment of troops from any state, including Oregon, after Trump attempted to circumvent the first one by sending troops from California and Texas.

In a rare use of the U.S. military for domestic purposes, Trump has deployed National Guard troops to Los Angeles and Washing

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