President wants to deploy guard in Portland, where small, nightly demonstrations attract protesters in costume
A federal appeals court heard arguments on whether Donald Trump had authority to take control of 200 Oregon national guard troops. The president had planned to deploy them in Portland, where protesters have shown up wearing frog and chicken costumes at the mostly small, nightly demonstrations outside an Ice building.
A three-judge panel in San Francisco on Thursday appeared likely to set aside the ruling blocking Trump’s Portland deployment, which would clear the way for hundreds of soldiers to enter that city.
