Federal Trial Over Trump’s Portland Guard Deployment Highlights Chaos, Con

1 sourceUpdated Oct 29, 2025

The federal trial over President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, began on Wednesday, with both sides giving their opening arguments and a witness a part of the Portland Police Bureau…

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