A US appeals court has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops in Portland, Oregon.

The move by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals vacates a ruling by a three-judge panel that would have allowed Trump to deploy troops in the Democratic-run city, part of an ongoing drive by the Republican to send troops to cities run by his political rivals that he claims are plagued by crime. 

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