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  • Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups charged in Mafia-backed poker scheme

    NEW YORK — Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier were arrested Thursday along with more than 30 other people accused of participating in schemes involving illegal sports betting and rigged poker games backed by the Mafia, authorities said.

    Rozier is accused of participating in an illegal sports betting scheme using private insider NBA information, officials said. Billups, a Denver native who starred for the Nuggets during a long playing career, is charged in a separate indictment alleging a wide-ranging scheme to rig underground poker games that were backed by Mafia families, authorities said.

    Both men face money laundering and wire fraud conspiracy charges and were expected to make initial court appearances later Thursday.

    In the first case, six defendants are accused of participating in an insider sports betting conspiracy that exploited confidential information about NBA athletes and teams, said Joseph Nocella, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York. He called it “one of the most brazen sports corruption schemes since online sports betting became widely legalized in the United States.”

    The second case involves 31 defendants in a nationwide scheme to rig illegal poker games, Nocella said. The defendants include former professional athletes accused of using technology to steal millions of dollars in underground poker games in the New York area that were backed by Mafia families, he said.

    “My message to the defendants who’ve been rounded up today is this: Your winning streak has ended. Your luck has run out,” Nocella said.

    A message seeking comment was left Thursday morning with Billups. A message was also left with Rozier’s lawyer, Jim Trusty. Trusty previously told ESPN that Rozier was told that an initial investigation determined he did nothing wrong after he met with NBA and FBI officials in 2023, the sports network reported.

    In the sports betting scheme, players sometimes altered their performance or took themselves out of games early, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. In one instance, Rozier, while playing for the Hornets, told people he was planning to leave the game early with a “supposed injury,” allowing them to place wagers that raked in thousands of dollars, Tisch said.

    The indictment of Rozier and others says there are nine unnamed co-conspirators, including a Florida resident who was an NBA player, an Oregon resident who was an NBA player from about 1997 to 2014 and an NBA coach since at least 2021, as well as a relative of Rozier. Billups played in the NBA from 1997 to 2014 and currently resides in Portland as the Trail Blazers’ head coach.

    Rozier and other defendants “had access to private information known by NBA players or NBA coaches” that was likely to affect the outcome of games or players’ performances and provided that information to other co-conspirators in exchange for either a flat fee or a share of betting profits, the indictment says.

    The NBA placed Billups and Rozier on immediate leave Thursday and released a statement: “We are in the process of reviewing the federal indictments announced today. Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups are being placed on immediate leave from their teams, and we will continue to cooperate with the relevant authorities. We take these allegations with the utmost seriousness, and the integrity of our game remains our top priority.”

    Rozier was in uniform as the Heat played the Magic on Wednesday evening in Orlando, Florida, in the season opener for both teams, though he did not play in the game. He was taken into custody in Orlando early Thursday morning. The team did not immediately comment on the arrest.

    The case was brought by the U.S. attorney’s office in Brooklyn that previously prosecuted ex-NBA player Jontay Porter. The former Toronto Raptors center pleaded guilty to charges that he withdrew early from games, claiming illness or injury, so that those in the know could win big by betting on him to underperform expectations.

    Billups was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame last year. The five-time All-Star and three-time All-NBA point guard led the Detroit Pistons to their third league title in 2004 as NBA Finals MVP.

    The Denver-born phenom graduated from George Washington High School and played basketball at CU before being selected with the No. 3 overall pick in the 1997 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics.  Known as Mr. Big Shot nationally and the King of Park Hill locally in Denver, Billups also played for Toronto, Denver, Minnesota, the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Clippers. Billups won the Joe Dumars Trophy, the NBA’s sportsmanship award, in 2009 while playing for his hometown Nuggets.

    The 49-year-old Billups is in his fifth season as Portland’s coach, compiling a 117-212 record. The Trail Blazers opened the season Wednesday night at home with a 118-114 loss to Minnesota. Billups’ brother, Rodney, is currently the Nuggets’ director of player development and an assistant coach on David Adelman’s staff.

    A game involving Rozier that has been in question was a matchup between the Hornets and the New Orleans Pelicans on March 23, 2023. Rozier played the first 9 minutes and 36 seconds of that game — and not only did not return that night, citing a foot issue, but did not play again that season. Charlotte had eight games remaining and was not in playoff contention, so it did not seem particularly unusual that Rozier was shut down for the season’s final games.

    In that game, Rozier finished with five points, four rebounds and two assists in that opening period — a productive quarter but well below his usual total output for a full game.

    Posts still online from March 23, 2023, show that some bettors were furious with sportsbooks that evening when it became evident that Rozier was not going to return to the Charlotte-New Orleans game after the first quarter, with many turning to social media to say that something “shady” had gone on regarding the prop bets involving his stats for that night.

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  • Protesters gather as federal immigration agents arrive at Coast Guard Island

    Protesters gathered Thursday outside a U.S. Coast Guard base in the San Francisco Bay Area, where U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrived to support federal efforts to track down immigrants in the country illegally.Several hundred people, many singing hymns and carrying signs saying “No ICE or troops in the Bay,” referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, gathered near the base shortly after dawn. Police used at least one flash-bang grenade to clear a handful of demonstrators from the entrance as CBP vehicles drove through. Organizers urged protesters to remain peaceful, as a line of Coast Guard officers in helmets watched from an intersection at the Oakland entrance to the bridge that leads to Coast Guard Island. Video posted by NBC Bay Area showed a vehicle driving over a protester’s foot at one point while the roadway was blocked.A clergyman said an agent shot him in the face with a projectile at close range. He went to the ER. In another violent moment, a private security guard was assaulted. His company told KCRA 3 that the man was jumped and beaten up after arriving there. It was not clear what provoked the attack. At night, what sounded like gunfire rang out as video from KTVU showed Coast Guard members firing at a U-Haul truck as it was rapidly reversing onto federal property. It’s unclear if anyone was struck.A group of California Highway Patrol officers in riot gear arrived at the scene around 2:15 p.m. and cleared part of the intersection.The protests remained mostly peaceful, though KCRA 3’s Maricela De La Cruz saw a man and a woman being detained.Cars were seen leaving the bridge from Coast Guard Island after 3 p.m. By 4 p.m., CHP agents had left the area and protesters returned to the intersection. The developments unfolded the same day President Donald Trump said he would back off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after speaking to the mayor.Trump posted on social media that Mayor Daniel Lurie told him Wednesday night that the city was making progress in reducing crime. Trump said he agreed to let San Francisco keep trying on its own.Lurie said Thursday morning he received a phone call from Trump Wednesday night in which the president told him he was “calling off any plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco.” Lurie said in a statement that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem “reaffirmed that direction” in a conversation Thursday morning.It was not clear if the president was canceling a National Guard deployment or calling off immigration enforcement by CBP agents. Lurie’s office did not respond to requests for clarification.The San Francisco Chronicle, citing an anonymous source with knowledge of the operation, reported Wednesday that more than 100 CBP and other federal agents would arrive this week. San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and California Gov. Gavin Newsom immediately condemned the move. The two Democrats said the action was meant to provoke violent protests.Trump has repeatedly said he plans to deploy National Guard troops to San Francisco to quell crime, but his administration hasn’t offered a timeline for doing so. His assertions of out-of-control crime in the city of roughly 830,000 have baffled local and state leaders, who point to statistics showing that many crimes are at record lows.Trump has deployed the Guard to Washington, D.C., and Memphis, Tennessee, to help fight what he says is rampant crime. Los Angeles was the first city where Trump deployed the Guard, arguing it was necessary to protect federal buildings and agents as protesters fought back against mass immigration arrests.He has also said they are needed in Chicago and Portland, Oregon. Lawsuits from Democratic officials in both cities have so far blocked troops from going out on city streets.Coast Guard Island is an artificial island formed in 1913, and the Coast Guard first established a base there in 1926. The island is owned by the federal government and is not open to the general public, so escorts or specific government ID cards are required for visitors. The Coast Guard is part of the Department of Homeland Security, which also houses ICE and CBP.(See footage of the demonstrations from around noon in the video below.)See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

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    Protesters gathered Thursday outside a U.S. Coast Guard base in the San Francisco Bay Area, where U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrived to support federal efforts to track down immigrants in the country illegally.

    Several hundred people, many singing hymns and carrying signs saying “No ICE or troops in the Bay,” referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, gathered near the base shortly after dawn.

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    Police used at least one flash-bang grenade to clear a handful of demonstrators from the entrance as CBP vehicles drove through. Organizers urged protesters to remain peaceful, as a line of Coast Guard officers in helmets watched from an intersection at the Oakland entrance to the bridge that leads to Coast Guard Island.

    Video posted by NBC Bay Area showed a vehicle driving over a protester’s foot at one point while the roadway was blocked.

    A clergyman said an agent shot him in the face with a projectile at close range. He went to the ER.

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    In another violent moment, a private security guard was assaulted. His company told KCRA 3 that the man was jumped and beaten up after arriving there. It was not clear what provoked the attack.

    At night, what sounded like gunfire rang out as video from KTVU showed Coast Guard members firing at a U-Haul truck as it was rapidly reversing onto federal property. It’s unclear if anyone was struck.

    A group of California Highway Patrol officers in riot gear arrived at the scene around 2:15 p.m. and cleared part of the intersection.

    The protests remained mostly peaceful, though KCRA 3’s Maricela De La Cruz saw a man and a woman being detained.

    Cars were seen leaving the bridge from Coast Guard Island after 3 p.m.

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    By 4 p.m., CHP agents had left the area and protesters returned to the intersection.

    The developments unfolded the same day President Donald Trump said he would back off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after speaking to the mayor.

    Trump posted on social media that Mayor Daniel Lurie told him Wednesday night that the city was making progress in reducing crime. Trump said he agreed to let San Francisco keep trying on its own.

    Lurie said Thursday morning he received a phone call from Trump Wednesday night in which the president told him he was “calling off any plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco.” Lurie said in a statement that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem “reaffirmed that direction” in a conversation Thursday morning.

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    It was not clear if the president was canceling a National Guard deployment or calling off immigration enforcement by CBP agents. Lurie’s office did not respond to requests for clarification.

    The San Francisco Chronicle, citing an anonymous source with knowledge of the operation, reported Wednesday that more than 100 CBP and other federal agents would arrive this week. San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and California Gov. Gavin Newsom immediately condemned the move. The two Democrats said the action was meant to provoke violent protests.

    Trump has repeatedly said he plans to deploy National Guard troops to San Francisco to quell crime, but his administration hasn’t offered a timeline for doing so. His assertions of out-of-control crime in the city of roughly 830,000 have baffled local and state leaders, who point to statistics showing that many crimes are at record lows.

    Trump has deployed the Guard to Washington, D.C., and Memphis, Tennessee, to help fight what he says is rampant crime. Los Angeles was the first city where Trump deployed the Guard, arguing it was necessary to protect federal buildings and agents as protesters fought back against mass immigration arrests.

    He has also said they are needed in Chicago and Portland, Oregon. Lawsuits from Democratic officials in both cities have so far blocked troops from going out on city streets.

    Coast Guard Island is an artificial island formed in 1913, and the Coast Guard first established a base there in 1926. The island is owned by the federal government and is not open to the general public, so escorts or specific government ID cards are required for visitors. The Coast Guard is part of the Department of Homeland Security, which also houses ICE and CBP.

    (See footage of the demonstrations from around noon in the video below.)

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  • Have half of US presidents invoked the Insurrection Act?

    President Donald Trump says he still has options on the table for sending military into Chicago, where local leaders and courts have so far blocked his efforts to send the National Guard.

    “Don’t forget I can use the Insurrection Act. Fifty percent of the presidents, almost, have used that. And that’s unquestioned power,” Trump said during an Oct. 19 Fox News interview. “I choose not to.”

    Trump has said if courts rule against his efforts to use a rarely used statute to deploy National Guard troops, he would consider invoking the Insurrection Act, a centuries-old set of laws that allow the president to deploy federal military personnel domestically to suppress rebellion and enforce civilian law.

    Insurrection Act invocations aren’t as commonplace as Trump made them out to be. 

    The act has been used on 30 occasions in U.S. history, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. Seventeen of the country’s 45 presidents, about 37%, have officially invoked it. The act hasn’t been used in more than 30 years.

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    Trump is wrong to say the act gives him unquestioned power, legal experts said. Due process rights under the constitution remain in place and courts can rule on the invocation’s legality even if they’ve been historically deferential to a president’s use of the law. His statement also ignores critical context about the conditions under which the act has previously been invoked. 

    The act “has been used very rarely and almost exclusively in circumstances where there would be popular acknowledgement that there is an ongoing rebellion or some kind of ongoing civil conflict that is of a pretty profound nature,” Bernadette Meyler, Stanford University law professor, said. 

    Protests against immigration enforcement and crime aren’t “the kind of trigger that ever has been used for invoking the Insurrection Act,” she said.

    The White House did not respond to PolitiFact’s request for comment.

    When has the Act been invoked and for what purposes?

    Most of the Insurrection Act’s invocations took place more than 100 years ago. 

    Former President Ulysses S. Grant invoked the law six times in the 1870s — the most of any president — as white supremacist groups violently revolted after the Civil War. (Trump has said one president used the law “28 times,” without naming him. That’s inaccurate.)

    From 1962 to 1963, former President John F. Kennedy used the Insurrection Act three times to combat local governments that were forcibly opposing school desegregation following the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision. 

    In this Oct. 15, 1957, file photo, seven of nine black students walk onto the campus of Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., with a National Guard officer as an escort as other troops watch. (AP)

    These cases represent a “defiance of federal law by state governments,” Tung Yin, professor of law at Lewis & Clark Law School, told PolitiFact.

    “It’s not Portland police out there that are obstructing ICE or Oregon troops being deployed by Oregon Gov. (Tina) Kotek to interfere with ICE,” Yin said. “So I think that just makes the context look different.”

    The most recent invocation came in 1992, when then-California Gov. Pete Wilson requested military support from President George H.W. Bush after riots broke out following the acquittal of four white police officers in the beating of Black motorist Rodney King. 

    This is an example of a case “where local and state officials are completely and totally overwhelmed by the scale and scope of violence,” Christopher Mirasola, University of Houston Law Center assistant professor, said. 

    This level of mayhem is not in cities Trump has targeted for National Guard deployment, such as Portland and Chicago, where private citizens are protesting against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

    Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles April 30, 1992. The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city. (AP)

    Insurrection Act doesn’t give Trump ‘unquestioned power’

    Trump also has made inaccurate claims about the scope of his authority when the Insurrection Act is in effect.

    It doesn’t give the president “unquestioned power,” as Trump said.

    “Presidents do not have unquestioned authority. They have limited authority that is available to them in very extraordinary circumstances, when there’s an insurrection,” Chris Edelson, an American University assistant professor of government, said.

    Even during the Insurrection Act, people’s constitutional due process rights are protected, Mirasola said. Due process generally refers to the government’s requirement to follow fair procedures and laws. 

    Trump also exaggerated Oct. 19 when he told reporters there are “no more court cases” when the act is invoked. Courts can rule on whether the use of the Insurrection Act is legal, Meyler said. However, the act is broadly written and doesn’t define terms such as “insurrection” or “rebellion.” The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1827 that the president has exclusive power to decide whether a situation represents an acceptable reason to invoke the law.

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    Trump said, “Fifty percent of the presidents, almost, have used” the Insurrection Act, “and that’s unquestioned power.” 

    The act has been used by 17, or 37%, of U.S. presidents. Most of those 30 invocations took place more than 100 years ago, so it’s not as frequent as Trump made it seem. 

    Legal experts said Trump’s focus on the numbers omits context about his proposed use of the act to stop protesting and crime. The act has been invoked to stop rebellions, white supremacist revolts and force state governments to follow federal laws regarding desegregation. The last president to use the act, Bush in 1992, did so in California at the request of the governor after riots broke out in Los Angeles.

    He’s also wrong to say the law gives him “unquestioned power.” Due process rights under the constitution remain in place and courts can rule on the invocation’s legality, even if they’ve been historically deferential to a president’s use of the act.

    His statement ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate the statement Mostly False.

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  • Portland resident says ICE agents entered home without a warrant



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    A Portland resident is speaking out after she says immigration agents broke into her home without a warrant, looking for someone who didn’t live there. Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.

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  • Trump has power to command National Guard troops in Oregon, 9th Circuit rules

    The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals handed command of Oregon National Guard troops to the president Monday, further raising the stakes in the ongoing multifront judicial battle over military deployments to cities across the U.S.

    A three-judge appellate panel — including two members appointed by Trump during his first term — found that the law “does not limit the facts and circumstances that the President may consider” when deciding whether to dispatch soldiers domestically.

    The judges found that when ordering a deployment, “The President has the authority to identify and weigh the relevant facts.”

    The ruling was a stark contrast to a lower-court judge’s finding earlier this month.

    U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut of Portland previously called the president’s justification for federalizing Oregon troops “simply untethered to the facts” in her Oct. 4 temporary restraining order.

    The appellate judges said they were guided by a precedent set in the 9th Circuit this summer, when California tried and failed to wrest back control of federalized soldiers in and around Los Angeles.

    Another proceeding in California’s case is scheduled before the appellate court this week and the court’s earlier decision could be reversed. At the same time, an almost identical deployment in Illinois is under review by the Supreme Court.

    For now, exactly which troops can deploy in Portland remains bitterly contested in U.S. District court, where Immergut blocked the administration from flooding Portland with Guardsmen from California.

    The issue is likely to be decided by Supreme Court later this fall.

    The judges who heard the Oregon case outlined the dueling legal theories in their opinions. The two members of the bench who backed Trump’s authority over the troops argued the law is straightforward.

    “The President’s decision in this area is absolute,” wrote Judge Ryan D. Nelson, a Trump appointee, in a concurrence arguing that the court had overstepped its bounds in taking the case at all.

    “Reasonable minds will disagree about the propriety of the President’s National Guard deployment in Portland,” Nelson wrote. “But federal courts are not the panacea to cure that disagreement—the political process is (at least under current Supreme Court precedent).”

    Susan P. Graber, a Clinton appointee, said the appellate court had veered into parody.

    “Given Portland protesters’ well-known penchant for wearing chicken suits, inflatable frog costumes, or nothing at all when expressing their disagreement with the methods employed by ICE, observers may be tempted to view the majority’s ruling, which accepts the government’s characterization of Portland as a war zone, as merely absurd,” she wrote in her stinging dissent.

    But the stakes of sending armed soldiers to American cities based on little more than “propaganda” are far higher, she wrote.

    “I urge my colleagues on this court to act swiftly to vacate the majority’s order before the illegal deployment of troops under false pretenses can occur,” Graber wrote. “Above all, I ask those who are watching this case unfold to retain faith in our judicial system for just a little longer.”

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  • Tear gas used on protesters outside Portland ICE facility as concerns grow over feds’ tactics



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    Officers repeatedly used tear gas and pepper spray Saturday night on the crowd of hundreds outside an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon. Camilo Montoya-Galvez is there with the latest.

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  • Tensions rising in Portland, Oregon, over immigration tactics

    The Trump administration is awaiting word from the Supreme Court after asking it to allow the immediate deployment of National Guard troops to Illinois to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. A lower court blocked the move. Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports from Portland, Oregon, where tensions are rising over ICE tactics.

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  • "No Kings" protests express fear, frustration with Trump administration

    Nationwide “No Kings” rallies occurred around the U.S. in response to what organizers called an abuse of power by President Trump. Elise Preston has more.

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  • Multnomah Co. DA Not Investigating Uses Of Force By Feds – KXL

    A protester is sprayed by a Department of Homeland Security officer outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

    Portland, OR – Local and state officials have said federal agents may have violated the law in their uses of force to deal with crowds of protesters outside Portland’s ICE facility,  but they won’t be prosecuted by Multnomah County’s District Attorney. 

    “We’re not out investigating federal officers,” says D.A. Nathan Vasquez, “Have I seen things that have been concerning to me? Sure, I have.” He tells KXL his office has received numerous calls from concerned citizens about the actions of federal law enforcement. But he will not pursue charges.

    “The law prohibits us from really taking any action in state court,” says Vasquez, “The United States Constitution states that under the Supremacy Clause, that we cannot really prosecute a federal officer in state court.” He adds, “This is one where we have to look to the US Attorney’s office and they can certainly look into these things and work on it. But unfortunately, in state court, my hands are tied.” Listen to our full conversation with D.A. Vasquez in the podcast episode below.

    Responding to questions about agents’ use of force against protesters in Portland and other cities, House Speaker Mike Johnson said earlier this week he has not seen any actions that “cross the line, yet.” 

    Vasquez says protesters and counter-protesters accused of crimes will face prosecution. “I’ve said from day one: left, right or center, ideology does not matter. The only question is ‘can I prove that a crime occurred?’ and, can I take that to court?” Of the around 50 arrests by Portland Police outside the ICE building since June, Vasquez says 85-90%  have been formally charged. “The misdemeanors get charged on information. The felonies go before a grand jury; and then if there’s sufficient evidence, then an indictment is issued at that point.”

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  • San Diego keeping tabs on top spot ahead of finale vs. Timbers

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    San Diego FC will try to prolong their hopes of earning the top seed in the Western Conference on Saturday evening in their season finale against the host Portland Timbers.

    San Diego (18-9-6, 60 points) lost its grip on first place last weekend after Vancouver rallied for a 2-1 victory at Orlando City SC.

    The expansion side still can earn the top spot in the West bracket with a win and a Whitecaps’ home loss against FC Dallas.

    Regardless, San Diego manager Mikey Varas said he believes his team should be confident in the body of work it has put together entering its first playoff appearance.

    With 17 goals and 18 assists, Anders Dreyer has mounted a legitimate MVP candidacy in his first season in the league, while helping the team set an MLS record for points in an expansion season.

    ‘I hope that people who watch us play feel that the boys have exceeded expectations,’ Varas said. ‘Because it’s a team that fights every single second of the game. They’re so brave to play. And to play under high levels of pressure and to keep going.’

    Portland (11-11-11, 44 points) has won only once in its last nine matches (1-4-4) while sliding down the West table. The Timbers could slip from seventh to eighth place with a loss and a Dallas victory.

    That would mean a one-game playoff against the ninth finisher — Real Salt Lake, Colorado or San Jose — instead of a direct path into a first-round series.

    For Timbers manager Phil Neville, the most frustrating aspect has been what he sees as a lack of service for center forwards Felipe Mora and Kevin Kelsy. The former hasn’t scored in the league since May, the latter not since late August.

    As a team, Portland has eight goals during its nine-match slump.

    ‘I think the thing that we’ve worked on in the last 10 days, I think I’ve made a real point of saying we have a center forward on the pitch that we have to utilize more,’ Neville said. ‘We have to support more, we have to give him (the ball) more.’

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  • FACT FOCUS: Trump paints a grim portrait of Portland. The story on the ground is much less extreme

    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — President Donald Trump, members of his administration and conservative influencers painted a bleak portrait of Portland, Oregon, at a roundtable event at the White House Wednesday, alleging that the city has been besieged by violence perpetrated by “antifa thugs” and that it is essentially a war zone.

    “It should be clear to all Americans that we have a very serious left-wing terror threat in our country, radicals associated with the domestic terror group antifa that you’ve heard a lot about lately,” Trump said.

    But the reality on the ground in Portland is far from the extremes described at the White House.

    Here’s a closer look at the facts.

    The protests

    TRUMP: “In Portland, Oregon, antifa thugs have repeatedly attacked our offices and laid siege to federal property in an attempt to violently stop the execution of federal law.”

    THE FACTS: There have been nightly protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland for months, peaking in June when police declared one demonstration a riot. There have also been smaller clashes since then: On Labor Day, some demonstrators brought a prop guillotine — a display the U.S. Department of Homeland Security blasted as “unhinged behavior.”

    The protests at the ICE facility, which is outside downtown, have largely been confined to one city block and have attracted a range of participants. During the day, a handful of immigration and legal advocates mill about and offer copies of “know your rights” flyers. Daytime marches to the building have also included older people and families with young children. At night, other protesters arrive, often using megaphones to shout obscenities at law enforcement.

    While the administration claims protesters are antifa, short for “anti-fascists,” antifa is not a single organization but rather an umbrella term for decentralized far-left-leaning militant groups that confront or resist neo-Nazis and white supremacists at demonstrations.

    The building was closed for three weeks from mid-June to early July because of damage to windows, security cameras, gates and other parts of the facility, federal officials said in court filings submitted in response to a lawsuit brought by Portland and Oregon seeking to block the Trump administration’s deployment of the National Guard. The building’s main entrance and ground-floor windows have been boarded up.

    Protesters have also sought to block vehicles from entering and leaving the facility. Federal officials argue that this has impeded law enforcement operations and forced more personnel and resources to be sent from other parts of the country.

    However, in the weeks leading up to the Trump administration’s move to federalize 200 members of the Oregon National Guard on Sept. 28, most nights drew a couple dozen people, Portland police correspondence submitted to the court shows.

    Protests began growing again after the National Guard was ordered to Portland over the objections of local and state officials.

    Since June, Portland police have arrested at least 45 people, with the majority of those arrests taking place in June. Meanwhile, federal prosecutors have charged at least 31 people with crimes committed at the building, including assaulting federal officers; 22 of those defendants had been charged by early July.

    Is Portland on fire?

    TRUMP: “The amazing thing is, you look at Portland and you see fires all over the place. You see fights, and I mean just violence. It’s just so crazy. And then you talk to the governor and she acts like everything is totally normal, there’s nothing wrong.”

    THE FACTS: Fires outside the building have been seen on a handful of occasions. In June, a man was arrested after he lit a flare and tossed it onto a pile of materials stacked against the vehicle gate, according to federal prosecutors, who said the fire was fully extinguished within minutes.

    More recently, social media videos of the Labor Day protest showed a small fire lit on the prop guillotine. And in early October, following the announcement of the National Guard’s mobilization, videos on social media showed a protester holding an American flag on fire — and conservative influencer Nick Sortor stomping the fire out.

    There have also been some high-profile confrontations between protesters and counterprotesters. In late September, conservative media figure Katie Daviscourt was hit in the face with a flagpole and suffered a laceration, police logs show. In early October, Sortor, who has more than 1 million followers on X, was arrested along with two other protesters following an altercation. Local prosecutors ultimately declined to charge him after finding that one of the protesters had pushed him and that “any physical contact he had with other persons was defensive in nature.”

    While Portland police correspondence submitted to the court notes a few instances of “active” energy and disturbances between protesters and counterprotesters, many entries describe low energy and “no issues” in the weeks leading up to the National Guard’s mobilization.

    A new tongue-in-cheek website has also launched in recent days: isportlandburning.com shows multiple live cameras in the city and near-real-time data from the city’s fire department.

    Shops and sewers

    TRUMP: “I don’t know what could be worse than Portland. You don’t even have sewers anymore. They don’t even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows. But most of the retailers have left.”

    THE FACTS: This is false. Portland does have sewers — its sewer and stormwater system “includes more than 2,500 miles of pipes, nearly 100 pump stations, and two treatment plants,” according to the city’s website. The largest sewer pipe is the East Side Big Pipe, which has an inside diameter of 22 feet, while the smallest are only six inches in diameter.

    Local and state officials have suggested that many of Trump’s claims appear to rely on images from 2020. Portland famously erupted in more than 100 days of large-scale unrest and violent protests after George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police that year. Police were unable to keep ahead of splinter groups of black-clad protesters who broke off and roamed the downtown area, at times breaking windows, spraying graffiti and setting small fires.

    But Portland has largely recovered from that time. Under a new mayor and police chief, the city has reduced crime, and the downtown — which has more than 600 retail shops, many with glass storefronts — has seen a decrease in homeless encampments and increased foot traffic. This summer was reportedly the busiest for pedestrian traffic since before the coronavirus pandemic, and a recent report from the Major Cities Chiefs Association found that homicides from January through June decreased by 51% this year compared to the same period in 2024.

    Gov. Tina Kotek said she told Trump during a phone call that “we have to be careful not to respond to outdated media coverage or misinformation that is out there.”

    Accusation of a cover-up

    KRISTI NOEM, Homeland Security Secretary: “I was in Portland yesterday and had the chance to visit with the governor of Oregon, and also the mayor there in town, and they are absolutely covering up the terrorism that is hitting their streets.”

    THE FACTS: Noem did visit Portland on Tuesday and met with Kotek and Mayor Keith Wilson. Both officials disagree with Noem’s narrative.

    Kotek has repeatedly said that “there is no insurrection in Portland,” including in conversations with Trump and Noem, and that the city does not need “military intervention.” She has also continually called for any protests to be peaceful and said that local law enforcement can “meet the moment.” After Trump threatened to send the National Guard to Portland, Wilson said in a statement that the city has protected freedom of expression while “addressing occasional violence and property destruction.”

    Observations on the ground in Portland support Kotek’s statement. While the nightly protests at the ICE facility have been disruptive for nearby residents — a charter school relocated this summer to get away from crowd-control devices — life has continued as normal in the rest of the city. There is no evidence of the protests in other areas of the city, including the downtown area about two miles away.

    Portland residents have taken to social media to push back against the Trump administration’s statements about their city with the hashtag #WarRavagedPortland, posting photos and videos that show protesters in inflatable unicorn and frog costumes, along with people walking their dogs, riding their bikes and shopping at farmers markets.

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  • Police Standoff Ends In Gunfire, Suspect Hospitalized – KXL

    PORTLAND, Ore. – A wanted suspect was hospitalized with a life-threatening injury Wednesday night after a standoff with Portland Police in the Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood.

    Portland Police says officers did not fire any shots during the incident, but detectives say there is evidence the suspect fired at least once at police.

    The suspect, whose name has not been released, was taken into custody and remains hospitalized.

    Police said he had an active arrest warrant out of Washington County. The incident was not related to immigration enforcement.

    The standoff began after U.S. Marshals located the armed suspect in a garage on Southeast Sherrett Street.

    The area was locked down for several hours, with PublicAlerts issuing a “shelter in place” warning to nearby residents.

    An “all-clear” message was sent at 7:21 p.m.

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  • Portland Councilors Introduce ‘Protect Portland Initiative’ – KXL

    PORTLAND, Ore. – Four members of the Portland City Council are introducing a resolution Wednesday aimed at shielding the city from what they describe as “aggressive federal overreach” by the Trump administration.

    Councilor Candace Avalos, Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney, Council Vice President Tiffany Koyama Lane, and Councilor Olivia Clark jointly unveiled the “Protect Portland Initiative”. The resolution outlines a citywide strategy to safeguard residents—particularly immigrants, LGBTQ+ communities and those exercising their First Amendment rights—from what councilors called escalating federal targeting.

    Modeled after Chicago’s “Protect Chicago” executive order, the Portland resolution calls for a coordinated federal response framework. If adopted, the city will gather data on federal enforcement activity in Portland, including surveillance efforts, and convene community organizations to build rapid response plans for immigration raids.

    The measure also proposes extending sanctuary city policies to contractors, encouraging updated Portland Police Bureau guidelines that reaffirm the bureau’s separation from federal immigration enforcement, and creating a process to investigate reports of individuals impersonating federal immigration agents.

    Unlike ordinances, resolutions do not require a second reading before being adopted. The full text of the resolution is available here.

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  • Naked Bike Riders Demonstrate Against Federal Troops In ‘Quintessentially Portland’ Protest – KXL

    People participate in the Naked Bike Ride protest on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Thomas Boyd)

    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Protesters rallying against the Trump administration in Portland put the city’s quirky and irreverent reputation on display Sunday by pedaling through the streets wearing absolutely nothing — or close to it — in an “emergency” edition of the annual World Naked Bike Ride.

    Crowds that have gathered daily and nightly outside the immigration facility in Oregon’s largest city in recent days have embraced the absurd, donning inflatable frog, unicorn, axolotl and banana costumes as they face off with federal law enforcement who often deploy tear gas and pepper balls.

    The bike ride is an annual tradition that usually happens in the summer, but organizers of this weekend’s hastily called event said another nude ride was necessary to speak out against President Donald Trump’s attempts to mobilize the National Guard to quell protests.

    Rider Janene King called the nude ride a “quintessentially Portland way to protest.”

    The 51-year-old was naked except for wool socks, a wig and a hat. She sipped hot tea and said she was unbothered by the steady rain and temperatures in the mid-50s (about 12 Celsius).

    “We definitely do not want troops coming into our city,” King said.

    Bike riders made their way through the streets and to the city’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building. Authorities there ordered people to stay out of the street and protest only on sidewalks or risk being arrested.

    The city is awaiting the ruling of an appeals court panel on whether Trump can send out the federalized troops after a federal judge on Oct. 5 ordered a temporary hold on deployment.

    “Joy is a form of protest. Being together with mutual respect and kindness is a form of protest,” the ride’s organizers said on Instagram. “It’s your choice how much or little you wear.”

    Fewer people were fully naked than usual — likely because of the cool, wet weather — but some still bared it all and rode wearing only bike helmets.

    Naked bike rides have thronged the streets of Oregon’s largest city every year since 2004, often holding up traffic as the crowd cycles through with speakers playing music. Some years have drawn roughly 10,000 riders, according to Portland World Naked Bike Ride.

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  • Emergency flights diverted from Portland hospital amid ‘laser party’ threats at ICE facility: report

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    A call to shine laser lights into the sky in an effort to disrupt federal helicopters flying over South Portland has prompted serious safety concerns and forced a key trauma hospital to reroute air ambulances.

    The online flyer, posted on the homepage of Rose City Counter-Info, a self-described “anarchist counter-info platform in so-called Portland, Oregon,” encourages participants to take part in a “laser tag” event aimed at federal aircraft. 

    The post urges individuals to mask up, coordinate with others, and take steps to avoid identification – including cleaning laser pointers with alcohol, wearing gloves, and removing potential DNA traces before disposal.

    As a result of the planned activity, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) reported that multiple air ambulance providers declined to land at the hospital’s rooftop helipad on Saturday night, according to KGW.

    HOMELAND SECURITY RESPONDS TO ‘LASER TAG’ THREATS FROM PORTLAND GROUP: ‘THIS IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS’

    A demonstrator wearing an inflatable Capybara costume stands outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters, as police work to disperse the crowd to clear traffic driving into the ICE building, during a protest, in south Portland, Oregon, U.S., October 6, 2025.  (Carlos Barria/Reuters)

    Instead, they redirected their helicopters to nearby airports, requiring patients to be transferred to OHSU by ground ambulance — a process estimated to add 45 to 60 minutes to travel time.

    “For most patients, that will be an acceptable delay. However, for some sensitive situations, such as unstable trauma patients, STEMIs and strokes, the delay could have real impacts,” OHSU said in an email to KGW. 

    The hospital also advised staff to “incorporate additional transit time into their decision-making,” and strongly urged the public not to participate in the laser event, calling it “extremely dangerous.”

    OHSU later clarified that the decision to divert flights was made by the air ambulance vendors themselves, not the hospital.

    EX-CNN REPORTER DECLARES PORTLAND ‘A PILOT PROGRAM FOR NORMALIZING DOMESTIC MILITARIZATION’

    Law enforcement and protesters clash in Portland

    A protester reacts as law enforcement officers deployed smoke grenades to disperse people gathered outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters in south Portland, Ore., Oct. 5, 2025.  (Carlos Barria/Reuters)

    In a statement to Fox News Digital, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) emphasized that pointing lasers at aircraft endangers both pilots and people on the ground and is prohibited under state and federal law. 

    The bureau added it “regularly” arrests individuals for targeting police aircraft with lasers, including one arrest earlier this week. While police confirmed they were monitoring the ICE building on Saturday, they said the presence was not greater than usual. Police also reported no laser strikes that night.

    The Port of Portland, which oversees general aviation in the region, acknowledged the uptick in helicopter and propeller aircraft activity.

    Portland, Oregon skyline at night

    The downtown skyline shimmers in the early morning waters of the Willamette River. (George Rose/Getty Images)

    “We are aware of the higher volume of helicopter and propeller airplane activity over South and Southwest Portland,” the Port said. “This appears to be related to federal law enforcement and/or military activity and is not a development the Port of Portland can control.”

    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has also condemned the call to target aircraft with lasers, warning that the act is a federal crime.

    ICE DIRECTOR SAYS PORTLAND FACILITY FACES VIOLENCE WITH ‘LITTLE HELP FROM LOCAL POLICE’

    “Aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft is a federal crime. This is incredibly dangerous for the aircraft personnel and for the public’s safety,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a previous statement to Fox News Digital. “Antifa domestic terrorists WILL NOT overrun our cities. We will bust their networks and bring every one of them to justice.”

    Federal officials cited a recent incident as evidence of the risks such actions pose. On September 30, DHS reported that four Mexican nationals living in the U.S. illegally were arrested in Portland after allegedly shining a laser at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) helicopter, endangering both the crew and people below.

    Portland has remained a focal point for demonstrations against federal immigration enforcement, with protests near the ICE facility continuing for several weeks. In some instances, demonstrators have displayed provocative props such as a guillotine to symbolize opposition to federal actions.

    DHS Secretary Kristi Noem points

    U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem observes the scene of ongoing protests at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility on October 7, 2025, in Portland, Oregon. (Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images)

    Earlier this week, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem visited the ICE facility in Portland, where she prayed with officers dealing with the ongoing unrest.

    Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, however, disputed characterizations of widespread disorder. “There is no insurrection,” Kotek said, expressing confidence that “local law enforcement will meet the moment.” She added that during her meeting with Noem, she reiterated Oregon’s expectation that DHS and ICE operations comply with state law.

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    Kotek joins several other Democratic governors who have pushed back against the Trump administration’s expanded federal enforcement efforts.

    Fox News Digital has reached out to OHSU for comment. 

    Fox News Digital’s Rachel Wolf contributed to this report. 

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  • Trump-appointed judges signal willingness to let president deploy troops to states

    The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals appears poised to recognize President Trump’s authority to send soldiers to Portland, Ore., with members of the court signaling receptiveness to an expansive new read of the president’s power to put boots on the ground in American cities.

    A three-judge panel from the appellate court — including two members appointed by Trump during his first term — heard oral arguments Thursday after Oregon challenged the legality of the president’s order to deploy hundreds of soldiers to Portland. The administration claims the city has become lawless; Oregon officials argue Trump is manufacturing a crisis to justify calling in the National Guard.

    While the court has not issued a decision, a ruling in Trump’s favor would mark a sharp rightward turn for the once-liberal circuit — and probably set up a Supreme Court showdown over why and how the U.S. military can be used domestically.

    “I’m sort of trying to figure out how a district court of any nature is supposed to get in and question whether the president’s assessment of ‘executing the laws’ is right or wrong,” said Judge Ryan D. Nelson of Idaho Falls, Idaho, one of the two Trump appointees hearing the arguments.

    “That’s an internal decision making, and whether there’s a ton of protests or low protests, they can still have an impact on his ability to execute the laws,” he said.

    U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut of Portland, another Trump appointee, previously called the president’s justification for federalizing Oregon troops “simply untethered to the facts” in her temporary restraining on Oct. 4.

    The facts about the situation on the ground in Portland were not in dispute at the hearing on Thursday. The city has remained mostly calm in recent months, with protesters occasionally engaging in brief skirmishes with authorities stationed outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building.

    Instead, Nelson and Judge Bridget S. Bade of Phoenix, whom Trump once floated as a possible Supreme Court nominee, questioned how much the facts mattered.

    “The president gets to direct his resources as he deems fit, and it seems a little counterintuitive to me that the city of Portland can come and say, ‘No you need to do it differently,’” Nelson said.

    He also appeared to endorse the Department of Justice’s claim that “penalizing” the president for waiting until protests had calmed to deploy soldiers to quell them created a perverse incentive to act first and ask questions later.

    “It just seems like such a tortured reading of the statute,” the judge said. He then referenced the first battle of the U.S. Civil War in 1861, saying, “I’m not sure even President Lincoln would be able to bring in forces when he did, because if he didn’t do it immediately after Fort Sumter, [Oregon’s] argument would be, ‘Oh, things are OK now.’”

    Trump’s efforts to use troops to quell protests and support federal immigration operations have led to a growing tangle of legal challenges. The Portland deployment was halted by Immergut, who blocked Trump from federalizing Oregon troops. (A ruling from the same case issued the next day prevents already federalized troops from being deployed.)

    In June, a different 9th Circuit panel also made up of two Trump appointees ruled that the president had broad — though not “unreviewable” — discretion to determine whether facts on the ground met the threshold for military response in Los Angeles. Thousands of federalized National Guard troops and hundreds of Marines were deployed over the summer amid widespread protests over immigration enforcement.

    The June decision set precedent for how any future deployment in the circuit’s vast territory can be reviewed. It also sparked outrage, both among those who oppose armed soldiers patrolling American streets and those who support them.

    Opponents argue repeated domestic deployments shred America’s social fabric and trample protest rights protected by the 1st Amendment. With soldiers called into action so far in Los Angeles, Portland and Chicago, many charge the administration is using the military for political purposes.

    “The military should not be acting as a domestic police force in this country except in the most extreme circumstances,” said Elizabeth Goitein, senior director of the Liberty and National Security Program at New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice. “That set of circumstances is not present right now anywhere in the country, so this is an abuse of power — and a very dangerous one because of the precedent it sets.”

    Supporters say the president has sole authority to determine the facts on the ground and if they warrant military intervention. They argue any check by the judicial branch is an illegal power grab, aimed at thwarting response to a legitimate and growing “invasion from within.”

    “What they’ve done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles — they’re very unsafe places, and we’re going to straighten them out one by one,” Trump said in an address to military top brass last week. “That’s a war too. It’s a war from within.”

    The 9th Circuit agreed to rehear the Los Angeles case with an 11-member “en banc” panel in Pasadena on Oct. 22, signaling a schism among Trump’s own judges over the boundaries of the president’s power.

    Still, Trump’s authority to call soldiers into American cities is only the first piece in a larger legal puzzle spread before the 9th Circuit, experts said.

    What federalized troops are allowed to do once deployed is the subject of another court decision now under review. That case could determine whether soldiers are barred from assisting immigration raids, controlling crowds of protesters or any other form of civilian law enforcement.

    Trump officials have maintained the president can wield the military as he sees fit — and that cities such as Portland and L.A. would be in danger if soldiers can’t come to the rescue.

    “These are violent people, and if at any point we let down our guard, there is a serious risk of ongoing violence,” Deputy Assistant Atty. Gen. Eric McArthur said. “The president is entitled to say enough is enough and bring in the National Guard.”

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  • Not Currently Playing And Not A Coach, Damian Lillard Has A Unique Role With The Blazers – KXL

    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — At one point after Damian Lillard returned to the Portland Trail Blazers, he was chatting with coach Chauncey Billups about what his role with the team would be this season as he recovers from an Achilles injury.

    Billups had joked that Lillard would be the “highest-paid assistant coach in the league” but the nine-time All-Star expressed concern that he didn’t want to overstep in his guidance of the team’s young players.

    “And I’m saying, Dame, you’re Dame. You’re OK, bro. Just be you,” Billups said. “Just be who you always are. They’re going to be looking for that direction. And so he’ll find his way as he’s trying to get himself back healthy.”

    Lillard played for Portland for his first 11 NBA seasons before he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks before the start of the 2023-24 season. Lillard tore his left Achilles tendon during Milwaukee’s first-round playoff series against the Indiana Pacers earlier this year and was subsequently waived.

    That paved the way for his return to the Blazers, who signed him in July to a three-year, $42 million deal.

    Lillard is in a unique position with the Blazers, back on the team but sidelined for the season because of his injury. So naturally there are questions about how he fits into the scheme of things.

    “He is not a coach. He’s a player, and he’s a great player still. And there’s a different level of connectivity that comes with that, you know?” Billups said at the start of the team’s training camp. “Everybody loves Dame. He’s very sensitive to not overstep but we all know Dame, and I told him that’s not even possible because we see the game, we see this thing, the same way.”

    The role, it seems, is pretty much undefined.

    “Like Chauncey said, I guess I’m going to be like another assistant coach. But whatever I can be to the team at this point, that’s what I’ll be, but I’ll definitely be there,” Lillard said.

    Lillard is beloved in Portland. During his final season with the Blazers, he averaged a career-high 32.2 points and became just the seventh player in NBA history to score more than 70 points in a game when he finished with 71 against the Houston Rockets.

    It was just one of many career highlights for a player who would often hit a clutch shot and then point to his wrist indicating “Dame Time.”

    Lillard holds franchise records for points (19,376) and 3-pointers (2,387). He had five games of 60 or more points with Portland.

    He was the 2013 Rookie of the Year and was named to the NBA’s 75th Anniversary team in 2021. He won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

    But probably his defining moment came in 2019, when he hit a 37-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer to clinch Portland’s first-round series win over Oklahoma City. Mobbed by his teammates on the court, the camera focused on Lillard’s face. His expression said it all: underestimate Dame at your own peril.

    Lillard said he doesn’t plan on playing this season. Asked before training camp if he’d reconsider if he was close to healthy and Portland was the No. 1 seed going into the playoffs, he joked, “if the team’s the one seed going to the playoffs, then they’ve probably got it.”

    “I’ve been running. I’ve been shooting. I think it’s at the stage where I can do a lot. But it’s tricky because with this injury, what I’ve learned is you get to a point where you can do a lot of these things, but the tendon is not strong enough to stand up to it like it normally would be able to, like doing basketball activities,” he said. “So it’s a long period of being stuck right here.”

    In the meantime, he can be there for the team’s younger players, including Shaedon Sharpe, Scoot Henderson, Toumani Camara and Deni Avdija.

    Henderson is sidelined with a left hamstring tear and will miss the start of the season. As he rehabs from the injury, Lillard can lend his advice but emphasized it won’t be too heavy-handed.

    “I’m rehabbing, he’s going to be rehabbing and trying to get back to full health. But I’m not going to be all in his ear, like I just know everything. But there’s a lot that I can share with him,” Lillard said. “As a young point guard, I know the desire, I’ve been there — to want more for yourself and want to grow, want to prove yourself. I’ve been through that process. I’ve been through the struggles. … I know what it’s like off the floor when you’ve got people saying what you need to do and what’s expected. I know that I could help take some of that weight off his shoulders.”

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  • Anxiety grows in Portland, Oregon, amid Trump’s effort to send in National Guard

    Portland, Oregon — Ongoing protests outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Portland, Oregon, have largely been contained to a single block in the downtown South Waterfront neighborhood, but the perception of Portland as unsafe has created ripple effects across this 135-square-mile city.

    On one particular October day, Mother’s Bistro and Bar in downtown Portland was seeing more customers than usual, which is rare, according to longtime owner Lisa Schroeder.  

    “You know, we have our days where we’re busy, but it’s not like it used to be,” Schroeder told CBS News.

    Schroeder says that since the 2020 pandemic and ensuing social justice protests emptied out downtown, business has gone from bad to worse.

    Portland has recently been a focal point in President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to quell opposition to ICE activity in blue cities.

    On Sept. 28, Mr. Trump announced he would be deploying federal troops to Portland in response to the protests at the South Waterfront ICE facility, describing the city in a social media post as “war-ravaged.” The Trump administration later confirmed it would be placing 200 Oregon National Guard troops under federal control for a period of 60 days.

    Speaking to hundreds of generals and admirals on Sept. 30 at the Marine Corps Museum in Quantico, Virginia, Mr. Trump called Portland a “war zone.”

    And on Oct. 5, he told reporters that “Portland is burning to the ground.”

    “My business is half of what it was, but it’s certainly not going to get better by somebody telling the world that our city is war-ravaged,” Schroeder said.

    On Saturday, in response to a lawsuit from the state of Oregon, a Trump-appointed federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the federalization and deployment of Oregon National Guard troops, and a day later, the same judge blocked the deployment of any National Guard troops to Oregon from other states as the Pentagon said that it planned to send another 200 California National Guard troops to Portland.  

    On Wednesday, an appeals court temporarily granted a White House request that the 200 Oregon National Guard troops remain under federal control. However, the appellate court noted that National Guard troops are still prohibited from deploying to Portland while the case plays out.

    Federal law enforcement officers form a line outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility as both protesters against and in support of ICE gather, in Portland, Oregon, on Oct. 6, 2025.

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    Business owners have submitted legal declarations of support for the state’s lawsuit, saying the president’s rhetoric has been damaging.

    Diners here feel it too.

    “No, it’s not Portlanders,” one diner at Mothers Bistro and Bar said of the Rose City when asked if the city is a warzone. “It’s not who Portland is, and it’s not the 99.9% of who’s out there.”

    Schroeder says that Portland has an “image problem.”

    “I feel like Goliath is coming after David,” Schroeder said. “We’re a little city here, just trying to get by, trying to sort out our problems. And we don’t need the big cheese to come here…We are definitely in a state of recovery. We are not there.”

    According to data from the Portland Police Bureau, total crime was down 19% in 2024 compared to 2022. But as the protests play out on the national stage, Schroeder says she is losing money.

    “This does not help,” Schroeder said. “It does not help at all. We don’t need this. And certainly to spend our money on troops to come here for this…This is what our government is spending money on? It’s a shame, a crying shame. And I’m crying.”

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  • Portland residents react to Trump’s effort to send in National Guard

    Ongoing protests outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Portland, Oregon, have largely been contained to a single block in the downtown South Waterfront neighborhood, but the perception of Portland as unsafe has created ripple effects across this 135-square-mile city. Adam Yamaguchi reports.

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  • Trump says Chicago mayor, Illinois governor should be jailed amid militarized campaign

    WASHINGTON — Chicago is emerging as the latest testing ground for President Trump’s domestic deployment of military force as hundreds of National Guard troops were expected to descend on the city.

    The president said Wednesday that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson should be jailed for failing to support federal agents, and continued to paint a dark and violent picture of both Chicago and Portland, Ore., where Trump is trying to send federal troops but has so far been stonewalled by the courts.

    “It’s so bad,” Trump said at the White House on Wednesday. “It’s so crazy. It’s like the movies … where you have these bombed-out cities and these bombed-out people. It’s worse than that. I don’t think they can make a movie as bad.”

    Pritzker this week characterized Trump’s depiction of Chicago as “deranged” and untrue. Federal agents are making the community “less safe,” the governor said, noting that residents do not want “Donald Trump to occupy their communities” and that people of color are fearful of being profiled during immigration crackdowns.

    Trump has taken issue with Democrats in Illinois and Oregon who are fighting his efforts, and has twice said this week that he is willing to use the Insurrection Act of 1807 if local leaders and the courts try to stop him. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller also contended this week that a court ruling blocking Trump’s deployments to Portland amounted to a “legal insurrection” as well as “an insurrection against the laws and Constitution of the United States.”

    In a televised interview Monday, Miller was asked about his remarks and asked whether the administration would abide by court rulings that stop the deployment of troops to Illinois and Portland. Miller responded by saying the president has “plenary authority” before going silent midsentence — a moment that the host said may have been a technical issue.

    “Plenary authority” is a legal term that indicates someone has limitless power.

    The legality of deployments to Portland and Chicago will face scrutiny in two federal courts Thursday.

    The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear an appeal by the Trump administration in the Portland matter. A Trump-appointed judge, Karin Immergut, found the White House had not only violated the law in activating the Oregon National Guard, but it also had further defied the law by attempting to circumvent her order, sending the California National Guard in its place.

    That three-judge appellate panel consists of two Trump appointees and one Clinton appointee.

    Meanwhile, in Illinois, U.S. District Judge April Perry declined Monday to block the deployment of National Guard members on an emergency basis, allowing a buildup of forces to proceed. She will hear arguments Thursday on the legality of the operation.

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom, one of Trump’s top political foes, has joined the fight against the president’s deployment efforts.

    The Trump administration sent 14 members of California’s National Guard to Illinois to train troops from other states, according to court records filed Tuesday. Federal officials have also told California they intend to extend Trump’s federalization of 300 members of the state’s Guard through next year.

    “Trump is going on a cross-country crusade to sow chaos and division,” Newsom said Wednesday. “His actions — and those of his Cabinet — are against our deeply held American values. He needs to stop this illegal charade now.”

    By Wednesday evening, there were few signs of National Guard troops on the streets of Chicago. But troops from other states, including Texas’ National Guard, were waiting on the sidelines at an Army Reserve Center in Illinois as early as Tuesday.

    In anticipation of the deployment, Pritzker warned that if the president’s efforts went unchecked, it would put the United States on a “the path to full-blown authoritarianism.”

    The Democratic governor also said the president’s calls to jail him were “unhinged” and said Trump was a “wannabe dictator.”

    “There is one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump: If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me,” Pritzker said in an interview with MSNBC.

    As tensions grew in Chicago, Trump hosted an event at the White House to address how he intends to crack down on antifa, a nebulous left-wing anti-facist movement that he recently designated as a domestic terrorist organization.

    At the event, the president said many of the people involved in the movement are active in Chicago and Portland — and he once again attacked the local and state leaders in both cities and states.

    “You can say of Portland and you can say certainly of Chicago, it is not lawful what they are doing,” Trump said about the left-wing protests. “They are going to have to be very careful.”

    Johnson, the mayor of Chicago, slammed Trump for saying he should be jailed for his actions.

    “This is not the first time Trump has tried to have a Black man unjustly arrested,” Johnson posted on social media. “I’m not going anywhere.”

    Pritzker continued to attack Trump’s efforts into the evening, accusing the president of “breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.”

    “We need to stand up together and speak up,” the governor said on social media.

    Times staff writer Melody Gutierrez in Sacramento contributed to this report.

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