Most of the federalized National Guard troops in the greater Portland area will demobilize, officials said Monday. But, against the wishes of the Oregon governor, the Trump administration is keeping a subset of Oregon National Guard members in place for now.

For weeks, several hundred Oregon and California National Guard members have been posted under federal command on bases outside Portland as they awaited the outcome of a lawsuit filed by local officials who sought to block the troops’ deployment to the city.

Oregon and other plaintiffs prevailed on Nov. 7, when a judge rejected the Trump administration’s legal case for the deployment. Yet in the ensuing days, the troops remained in place as the Trump administration moved to appeal the lower court’s order.

That litigation is now in m

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