PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - A federal trial over whether President Donald Trump can deploy the National Guard to Portland began Wednesday.

Attorneys for the city and state are attempting to block Trump from deploying troops by arguing that they aren’t needed to enforce the laws and that the president should not be allowed to use the military to remedy a situation worsened by federal agents.

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