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News Wrap: Pentagon confirms plans to send 200 National Guard members to Portland

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PBS NewsHour

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🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In our news wrap Monday, the Pentagon confirmed plans to send 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, YouTube agreed to pay more than $24 million to settle a lawsuit over President Trump's suspension from the platform in 2021 and the Trump administration is opening up 13 million acres of federal lands for possible coal mining. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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Also today, YouTube has agreed to pay more than $24 million to settle a lawsuit over President

0:07.3

Trump's suspension from the platform in 2021.

0:10.6

The deal was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.

0:13.3

Trump sued YouTube, along with two other social media companies after they suspended his

0:17.7

accounts following the January 6th riots.

0:20.6

YouTube, which is owned by Google's alphabet, is the last one to settle after Facebook's

0:25.2

meta and X agreed to do so earlier this year.

0:28.7

According to court documents, much of the YouTube settlement funds will go towards building

0:33.0

Trump's White House ballroom.

0:35.7

The Pentagon confirmed plans today to send 200 members of the Oregon National

0:40.2

Guard to Portland. In a statement provided to the news hour, spokesman Sean Parnell said the goal

0:45.6

is to, quote, deter rampant lawlessness within Portland and to enable federal law enforcement

0:51.0

officers to safely conduct their duties.

0:57.6

The police said, federal law enforcement officers to safely conduct their duties. The plan deployment has sparked protests with small groups squaring off with border patrol officers

1:03.5

already in the city. The state of Oregon and Portland itself are suing the Trump administration,

1:09.3

arguing that the deployment is an unconstitutional

1:11.8

abuse of power.

1:13.7

In the meantime, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says his administration has learned of

1:18.4

plans to deploy 100 troops to his state.

1:21.8

Speaking to reporters today, Pritzker said the deployment is aimed at protecting ice personnel

1:26.5

and facilities.

1:28.6

This comes after tense confrontations over the weekend between federal agents and protesters outside an

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