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US Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deploying troops in Portland

Oct 5, 2025
US President Donald Trump authorized deployment of troops to Chicago after a federal agent shot an allegedly armed motorist there on Saturday, while a judge blocked the Republican leader's attempt to send the military into Portland, another Democratic-run city. The escalating crisis across the country pits Trump's increasingly militarized anti-crime and migration  crackdown against opposition Democrats who accuse him of an authoritarian power grab. FRANCE 24's Douglas Herbert tells us more.
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