President Donald Trump’s administration faced two legal setbacks on Friday when federal judges blocked separate efforts related to election funding and billions of dollars for child care and social services in Democratic-led states.

Friday’s rulings deliver a double legal blow for the Trump administration. One judge said Trump’s threat to pull Election Assistance Commission funds was an attempt to put unconstitutional pressure on states.

U.S. Senate and House Democrats from Oregon moved swiftly to condemn President Donald Trump’s Saturday morning announcement that the United States carried out a military strike in Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.

The final 100 Oregon National Guard members President Donald Trump mobilized in September and sent to a training camp on the North Coast can return home after more than three months of waiting for a deployment that never came.

President Donald Trump says he plans to bring Oregon National Guard troops back to Portland, despite losing multiple legal battles and the troops being sent home earlier this week.

Oregon leaders released statements after Trump announced he would drop his push to deploy National Guard troops to several cities including Portland.

Oregon’s sole Republican in Congress had not responded to the attack as of late Saturday afternoon, but others in his party spoke in support of the president.

Portland did not miraculously cut its crime rate to near zero last year. The homicide rate, however, did continue its downward march in 2025, in line with national trends as a pandemic-era spike slowly dwindles. There were 51 killings in city limits last year, down from 71 in 2024.

President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.