The Oregon Department of Justice is asking a federal judge to temporarily block President Donald Trump from federalizing and deploying Oregon National Guard troops to protect federal buildings in Portland.

U.S. District Judge Michael Simon will rule on the temporary restraining order order at a hearing Monday evening. If granted, it would immediately halt Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s deployment of 200 Oregon Guard troops to Portland for 60 days. According to a memo Hegseth sent to Gov. Tina Kotek on Sunday, the troops would be under the orders of a joint federal military command based in Colorado. Kotek, head of the Oregon National Guard, has said repeatedly she would not deploy state troops.

Hegseth’s memo came the day after President Donald Trump declared in

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