Federal judges in Portland, Oregon, and Washington, D.C. , on Friday examined legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard forces to U.S. cities.

The proceedings highlight growing scrutiny of Trump’s rare decision to use the military for domestic purposes and his push to expand such actions further.

In Portland, Justice Department lawyers asked U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut to lift the second of her two orders restricting Trump’s attempts to send troops to the city. This week, an appeals court ruled the president likely has the authority to do so.

In Washington, U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb heard a challenge to Trump’s deployment of about 2,500 National Guard troops to the nation’s capital. The local government argues the Guard has improperly b

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