No National Guard troops are expected to be deployed in Portland, Oregon, for at least several days, after a temporary federal appeals court decision Friday. Troop deployment remains blocked in the Chicago area,

A federal judge held another hearing Friday and expects to decide in coming days whether President Trump can deploy National Guard troops to Portland, the latest in weeks of legal wrangling between the administration and Oregon officials.

Judge Karin Immergut is deciding whether to dissolve the temporary restraining order blocking out-of-state troops from being deployed to Oregon, with a decision expected by Monday.

Traffic coming into downtown Portland on I-5 northbound will see an extended delay as work to clean up a crash just before the ramp to the Marquam Bridge.

Federal lawyers claimed a surge of 115 federal police were needed over the summer to quell protests, but Oregon alleges fewer than 31 were ever on the ground at any given time.

The deployment of National Guard troops on the streets of Washington faces challenges in two courts on Friday — one in the nation’s capital and another in West Virginia — while across the country a judge in Portland,