PORTLAND, Ore. — Mere hours after surreptitiously sending federalized California National Guard troops up to Portland — having been blocked from using Oregon troops Saturday — the Trump administration on Sunday moved to call up Texas National Guard troops with similar orders.

The news dropped just as Oregon leaders were preparing for a call with a federal judge for an emergency motion to block the California troop mobilization .

In a memo issued by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, he said that President Donald Trump had authorized him to mobilize up to 400 members of the Texas National Guard for an initial period of 60 days, to be sent "where needed, including in the cities of Portland and Chicago."

Gov. Tina Kotek said in a statement Sunday evening that she'd been notified of the ord

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