Appeals judges will decide fate of Portland troop deployment Oregon Public Broadcasting OPB

State leaders say they’ve received a letter from federal officials authorizing Oregon National Guard members to “perform federal functions” for 60 days.

The Astoria-Megler and St. Johns bridges were among the dozens of spans across the country recommended to undergo “vulnerability assessments” by the National Transportation Safety Board.

Federal officers deployed clouds of tear gas and other crowd control munitions, including flash-bang grenades, on Saturday afternoon outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland on demonstrators.