Overview

• Trump said he directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, at the request of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, to provide all necessary troops to protect Portland and ICE sites.
• He wrote that he is authorizing “Full Force, if necessary,” without clarifying what the term entails.
• Federal officials say the Texas attack left one detainee dead and two severely injured, and that the gunman, who died by suicide, sought to target ICE agents.
• The announcement builds on earlier deployments in Los Angeles in June and Washington, D.C., in August, along with a recent decree to send National Guard units to Memphis.
• Trump this week labeled the diffuse Antifa movement a “domestic terrorist group,” a move his critics say could be used to suppress dissent.