A divided U.S. appeals court granted the Trump administration an important legal victory on October 20th, 2025, allowing President Donald Trump to send National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon, despite objections from city and state leaders. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Justice Department's request to stay a lower court's order that had blocked the deployment. The ruling came as immigration officials told a federal judge that aggressive street tactics in Chicago were a response to agents being in danger, a statement made between 7:34 PM and 8:04 PM UTC. The officials stated they take the judge's restraining order "very seriously." Meanwhile, James Comey filed his second motion to dismiss his criminal case, arguing the acting U.S. Attorney is not properly appointed and that the government's "animus toward Mr. Comey led directly to this vindictive and selective prosecution," according to a filing on October 20th, 2025. In legislative news, Senator Thune stated that the House should consider returning to session to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government beyond November 21st, noting that "every day that passes, we have less time to fund the government." This comes amid an ongoing federal government shutdown, now in its 20th day. Separately, a dissenting judge on the Portland troop deployment case, Susan Graber, pleaded with her colleagues to reverse the decision and urged the public to "retain faith in our judicial system for just a little longer." Further compounding issues within the administration, an exclusive report by POLITICO revealed that an embattled Trump nominee, Paul Ingrassia, told Republicans in a group chat that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be "tossed into the seventh circle of hell" and that he has "a Nazi streak." Ingrassia had previously been reported by NPR to have been seen at a Nick Fuentes rally last year. Previously, on October 20th, 2025, between 6:04 PM and 6:34 PM UTC, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called for congressional hearings into alleged abuses by ICE and the administration's actions against cities, with Congressman Robert Garcia stating the hearings are necessary to document "this egregious moment in our history." Additionally, a constituent's message to President Trump was shared by Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, expressing concern over a potential suggestion to import beef from Argentina, arguing it would betray American cattle ranchers.