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Judge blocks Trump from sending troops to Portland

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The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2025

Trump administration permanently blocked from sending National Guard to Portland over ICE protests

A federal judge in Oregon has ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration failed to meet the legal requirements for deploying the National Guard to Portland

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2025

Overwhelm the public with muzzle-velocity headlines: A strategy rooted in racism and authoritarianism

The headlines documenting President Donald Trump’s plan to send federal troops to San Francisco followed a familiar arc. “Trump claims ‘unquestioned power’ in vow to send troops to San Francisco,” The Guardian reported on Oct. 20, 2025. The next day, the San Francisco Chronicle blared: “S.F. threatens to sue if…

The Conversation · Nov 7, 2025

World Cup fans set to descend on home turf of Mexico’s most powerful cartel despite rocket launcher attack and mass grave

Hundreds of garments and burned bone fragments were found at a ranch in the state earlier this year

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025

Hearings to focus on National Guard deployments in the nation's capital and Memphis, Tennessee

Hearings are set in two states over the deployment of the National Guard as part of President Donald Trump's crime-fighting efforts

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025

Judge again bars Trump administration from deploying troops to Portland

A federal judge in Oregon has once again barred President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Oregon until at least Friday

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025

Trump's National Guard Plan Edges the U.S. Closer to a Permanent Federal Police Force

A newly revealed Pentagon directive instructs every state to train riot-control units within their National Guards—raising questions about federal overreach and the growing militarization of domestic emergencies.

Reason · Oct 31, 2025

National Guard in each state is ordered to create 'quick reaction forces' trained in civil unrest

Military leaders have ordered the National Guard in every state to develop a “quick reaction force” of troops trained to deal with civil disturbances and riots that can be ready to deploy with just hours’ notice

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025

Military families feel forgotten as uncertainty around being paid fuels resentment during government shutdown

Many active duty troops live paycheck to paycheck and survive on only one income

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025

Pete Hegseth to set up National Guard ‘quick reaction forces’ to quell unrest across all 50 states

Rapid-response units to be trained up in use of batons and body shields to quell civil disturbances in U.S. cities, according to interal memo

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025