Trump administration authorizes 200 National Guard members for Portland deployment | NYGazet

State leaders say they’ve received a letter from federal officials authorizing Oregon National Guard members to “perform federal functions” for 60 days.

The Trump administration called 200 members of the Oregon National Guard into federal service on Sunday for a 60-day deployment, according to a memo sent to Gov. Tina Kotek sent Sunday from the Department of Defense. Hours later that order was met wi... [4427 chars]