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Judge Blocks Troop Deployment Amid Tensions in U.S. Cities

10/7/2025

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Karoline Leavitt confronted CNN's Kaitlan Collins about deploying troops to U.S. cities, Portland and Chicago.
A Trump-appointed judge temporarily blocked deployment, citing no violent insurgency.
Leavitt called the ruling untethered to reality and defended the president's authority under U.S. Code 12406.
Judge Karin Immergut later ruled the violence claims were false, inflaming tensions; the White House plans to appeal.

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Karoline Leavitt confronted CNN's Kaitlan Collins about deploying troops to U.S. cities, Portland and Chicago.
A Trump-appointed judge temporarily blocked deployment, citing no violent insurgency.
Leavitt called the ruling untethered to reality and defended the president's authority under U.S. Code 12406.
Judge Karin Immergut later ruled the violence claims were false, inflaming tensions; the White House plans to appeal.