At least 200 federalized California National Guard members were ordered to be deployed to Oregon overnight into Sunday, officials there said.
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On October 6th, US media primarily focused on legal challenges to President Trump's National Guard deployments. Early in the day, a federal judge temporarily blocked the deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon. This was followed by reports of Illinois filing a lawsuit to prevent Trump from sending troops to Chicago. The government shutdown also remained a central theme throughout the day, with the Senate repeatedly failing to pass funding bills. By evening, Trump indicated an openness to negotiating a healthcare deal with Democrats, while criticisms intensified regarding his consideration of invoking the Insurrection Act to bypass judicial blocks on troop deployments.