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The Oregon Military Museum located at Camp Withycombe in Clackamas County announced Saturday it would close “due to circumstances” – the same day that troops from the California National Guard arrived at the base.
Oregon Military Museum shutters for several months as California National Guard troops arrive
The recently re-opened museum at Camp Withycombe says it will open to the public again in January.
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OPB @opb.org · 14h
Over Oregon's monthlong special legislative session, lawmakers spent most it doing zero legislating.

But because state law dictates that members of the House and Senate must receive a $178 per diem when in session, they were paid anyway. To the tune of about $270,000.
Oregon’s special legislative session cost taxpayers $270,000
This year’s star-crossed special legislative session was the longest — and priciest — in more than a decade.
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OPB @opb.org · 15h
On Sunday, U.S. District Court Judge Karin J. Immergut blocked President Trump's deployment of the Oregon National Guard. She is now at the center of one of the most consequential cases over executive authority in modern presidential history. Here's a deep dive into who she is.
Karin Immergut, judge who blocked Trump’s troop deployment, ‘well respected’ and ‘has no fear’
U.S. District Court Judge Karin J. Immergut is now at the center of one of the most consequential cases over executive authority in modern presidential history.
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OPB @opb.org · 16h
A panel of judges is set to hear arguments Thursday on the Trump administration's appeal of the restraining order blocking the president from deploying the National Guard to Portland. But they could decide before then.
Appeals court sets Thursday hearing on Portland National Guard deployment
Judges may decide to issue a ruling earlier than that based on legal filings from the Trump administration, Oregon and Portland.
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OPB @opb.org · 17h
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Tuesday directed the roughly 200 members of Oregon National Guard troops who had been stationed at Camp Rilea, outside of Astoria, to demobilize and head home.
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek asks National Guard troops to demobilize
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek wrote the soldiers deserve better than to be “uprooted from their families and careers, only to be mobilized for an illegal mission.”
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OPB @opb.org · 18h
The so-called hydrogen hub recently suffered a big blow, losing federal funding as the Trump administration strips away money for green energy projects in a dozen Democrat-led states. But it isn't stopping Lewis County, which plans to forge ahead.
Hydrogen bus service in Lewis County will continue despite US Department of Energy cuts
Lewis County Transit is in the process of building a 1-megawatt hydrogen electrolyzer to generate hydrogen fuel out of water, with oxygen as its byproduct. Once completed, the project will fuel six hydrogen buses.
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A ruling on the Trump administration's appeal of a judge's order blocking troop deployment to Portland could come swiftly. Do we still need soil and water conservation districts? Plus, diving for Mazama newts. Here's what we're following on @opb.org today: www.opb.org/article/2025...
OPB’s First Look: The next steps in Trump’s troop deployment
Portland and the president continued to trade barbs in letters, legal filings and press statements yesterday. Here's your First Look at Tuesday's news.
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OPB @opb.org · 1d
Police arrested Nick Sortor last week on a disorderly conduct charge for his alleged involvement in a fight outside the Portland ICE building.

According to the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office, prosecutors decided not to charge Sortor after reviewing videos and reports of the incident.
Multnomah County DA drops charge against conservative influencer Nick Sortor
Multnomah County prosecutors declined to charge conservative influencer Nick Sortor, who was arrested Thursday at a protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland.
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The next twist in the whipsawing drama over whether President Trump can send National Guard troops into Portland will center on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The result could come quickly, if a similar case that played out in California this year is an indication.
Appeals judges will decide fate of Portland troop deployment
The Trump administration is hoping to undo orders blocking the National Guard.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has announced there will be a “dramatic reduction in animal testing” that could impact the university's research efforts. Animal rights activists and critics welcome the policy shift.
Trump administration might shut down University of Washington’s Primate Research Center. Should it?
It’s a movement that has been more associated with the political left, but during his second term, President Trump has closed an animal lab in West Virginia and canceled nearly $28 million in animal lab funding in his second term.
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Tensions escalated over the weekend as Trump turned the heat up on Portland. We recap and share where things stand. Plus, a new kind of geothermal energy in Central Oregon. Also Choco Tacos, because why not. Here's what we're following on @opb.org today: www.opb.org/article/2025...
OPB’s First Look: Trump turns up the heat on Portland
The clash between Oregon and Portland leaders and the president of the United States intensified over the weekend. Here's your First Look at Monday's news.
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An unprecedented weekend put Portland at the center of national headlines, as President Trump continued his push to deploy National Guard members into the city over the objections of city and state elected officials and a federal judge.
Portland’s weekend of ICE protests: Tear gas, National Guard restraining orders and false claims of a city burning to the ground
After his order for an Oregon National Guard deployment was blocked, Trump turned to the National Guard in California and Texas for hundreds of federal troops he could send to Portland.
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OPB @opb.org · 2d
Judge Karin Immergut’s ruling capped a dramatic weekend that included President Trump sending California National Guard members to Oregon and ordering others from Texas.
Federal judge blocks federalized guard from deploying to Oregon
Gov. Tina Kotek said Oregon is “not a military target,” and said federal officials are trying to antagonize and provoke conflict outside the ICE facility.
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OPB's Kristian Foden-Vencil talked with people who live near the Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement building today about what they've seen in their neighborhood recently.
ICE building neighbors clean up, reflect following latest Portland protests
Marathoners run past besieged Portland ICE building as local residents clean up from Saturday protests
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