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A federal appeals court ruled that President Trump can send National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon.

The decision reverses a lower court order.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel wrote that the president can deploy the guard when he is, quote, unable with regular forces to execute the laws of the United States. A separate court has blocked Trump

from deploying the guard in Chicago. U.S. Capitol Police officers are among the federal employees

working without pay during the government shutdown. NPR's Sam Gringlass reports they've already

missed a paycheck. Most shutdown impacts are far from the halls of Congress, but the situation facing members of the

Capitol Police is difficult for lawmakers to overlook, says former Chief Terry Gaynor.

There is to be everything to everybody. You need to be ready at the drop of a hat, but you also

need to be a person who welcome the visitors and be a tour guide. The Capitol Police Union has called

for an end to the shutdown.

The Trump administration has said it'll repurpose other funds to pay federal law enforcement.

But until then, the missing paychecks come as the force deals with growing threats against public officials

and lingering tensions after Trump pardoned the January 6 rioters who attacked officers at the Capitol.

Sam Gringlass, NPR News, Washington. The Supreme Court will consider whether marijuana users can

own guns. As Tolawani Osabamoo with member station KERA reports, the court is reviving a Texas

man's felony gun charge to consider the issue. The Justice Department charged Ali Danyal Hamani with

illegally owning a gun as a user of illegal drugs after the FBI found a gun, cocaine, and marijuana

in his home. But a district court dismissed the indictment after finding it was unconstitutional

to put a blanket ban on drug users owning guns. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed. The DOJ

appealed arguing Hamani and other regular drug users pose a serious firearm safety risk. Hamani's

attorneys argue the federal statute puts millions of people at risk of breaking the law

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