Judge blocks Trump's National Guard deployment in Portland
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A judge issued an order Sunday night barring any National Guard members from being relocated from any state for federal service in the state of Oregon.
The ruling is a setback for Trump as he seeks to dispatch the military to cities over the objections of their leaders.
A Fresno County-based member of the California Army National Guard died in a non-duty-related car crash over the weekend, officials said. The man, identified as David Solomon, was a solider with the guard’s joint task force with Cal Fire, Carl Trujillo, a spokesperson for the California Military Department, told SFGATE.
Lawsuits will likely address significant questions of constitutional law, federalism and the separation of powers.
Thousands of National Guard service members on active duty in the U.S. and worldwide are not being paid during the government shutdown.