A Ninth Circuit panel cleared the Trump administration to deploy the Oregon National Guard to Portland, overturning one restraining order but leaving a second in place that still blocks mobilization. Gov. Tina Kotek said hundreds of Guard members remain in limbo and criticized the ruling. Judge Susan Graber dissented, warning of threats to state control and protest rights, while Oregon’s attorney general sought an en banc rehearing. The clash echoes nationwide: Illinois asked the Supreme Court to halt a similar request for Chicago, Tennessee officials sued over Guard use in Memphis, and San Francisco’s mayor opposed a deployment.

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