The Trump Administration is asking an appeals court to permit the deployment of the National Guard in Oregon while litigation proceeds regarding a lawsuit filed by the state and the city of Portland against such deployments, it was revealed in the past 29 minutes. This development comes as Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche previously warned of domestic terrorists targeting law enforcement. In other news, Democrat Senator Jon Ossoff has raised $12 million in the last three months, bringing his U.S. Senate war chest to $21 million, according to a report from ajc.com shared by @JakeSherman on X just before 2:07 PM UTC. Separately, New Jersey has seen 216,616 vote-by-mail ballots returned as of this afternoon, with 62.7% registered as Democratic, 23.1% Republican, and 14.2% unaffiliated, according to VoteHubUS. Meanwhile, a report from The New Republic, shared by @GregTSargent on X at approximately 1:41 PM UTC, suggests Stephen Miller is strategizing to normalize authoritarianism by polarizing the debate over Trump's abuses of power, a tactic that requires a response from figures like Pritzker and Newsom. Additionally, a report from The Washington Post noted that a West Palm Beach man required a crane to be lifted from his apartment for medical attention, as shared by @billintheburbs on X.
