President Donald Trump invoked federal law Sunday morning to take control of a portion of the Oregon National Guard, court documents show. Oregon sued to block the move Sunday afternoon.

The National Guard Bureau’s top leaders traveled to Finland, Sweden and Norway last week as part of a series of Northern European

There is no concrete evidence the Trump administration has been repeatedly activating National Guard members on 29-day orders to avoid paying benefits to them. In fact, when the president deployed the California National Guard in June, guard members received full benefits from the first day of work as required by federal law.

ToplineOfficials from Oregon filed a lawsuit in Federal court on Sunday evening seeking to block the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland, hours after the Defense Department notified the state’s leaders that it was deploying troops in the city after the president’s orders.

Federal court filings show Trump federalized Oregon Guard troops after state officials did not act on a DHS request for protection assistance.

The Secretary of Defense authorized 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to perform federal functions for 60 days, including protecting federal property.

As National Guard troops patrol the streets of Washington, D.C., President Trump has threatened to send soldiers to other cities across the country to help stop crime, but can they perform law enforcement duties?

The president thinks sending troops into American cities is a winning strategy even as the numbers show it’s decidedly not.

Republican governors face scrutiny after deploying the National Guard to D.C. amid rising violence in their home states.