Overview
- A San Francisco-based appeals court stayed its own earlier authorization for the Portland deployment, restoring a district judge’s injunction that found no insurrection or national-security threat, with an 11-judge review to follow and no date set.
- U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut’s ruling is back in force, and Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield praised the move as a check on sending troops into cities without necessity.
- President Donald Trump ordered roughly 200 Guard personnel to Portland and has directed deployments to Los Angeles, Washington, Memphis and Chicago, though federal courts have also blocked the Chicago deployment.
- Portland’s police chief testified in court that the presidential order to send Guard troops fueled protests and increased violence in the city.
- Separately, a National Guard memo reported by the Guardian and described by two U.S. officials outlines rapid-response units of about 500 soldiers in most states, targeting initial readiness by January 1, 2026 and full strength by 2027, with the Pentagon not yet commenting.