‘This cat has been missing for 4 years and has traveled 100 miles to my house’: A hungry stray shows up on a porch, leading to a heartwarming reunion with her family after years apart

Two weeks ago, a scruffy, hungry cat showed up on a porch, clearly in need of help. Despite her rough appearance, she was affectionate, confident, and full of personality. Though the family’s Akita wasn’t too keen on sharing space, the cat, temporarily named Billie, made it clear she wasn’t going anywhere until she got some love. When attempts to get her to the vet failed, her rescuer took matters into their own hands and ordered a microchip scanner. The moment the chip was scanned, everything changed. Billie wasn’t a stray at all. She was Gray, a beloved cat who had been missing for four long years and had somehow traveled 100 miles from home. Her owner, thrilled beyond words, came to bring her home to a big family waiting with open arms. Though their time together was short, it left a lifelong impression. A kind stranger turned cat lover, a lost cat turned miracle reunion. It’s proof that the universe sometimes brings the right souls together, even if just for a little while.

Trump hit with another court block in bid to deploy troops to Portland

The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit just temporarily paused a ruling from a split three-judge panel that would have allowed President Donald Trump to call up the National Guard in Portland, Oregon, against protesters at that city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. That means that, for the time being, Trump remains stymied from calling up the Guard in Portland. According to Law Dork’s Chris Geidner, “A resolution on en banc consideration is expected(?) to happen by 5p Tuesday” meaning the appellate court will decide to rehear the case before every judge on the court, as opposed to the three-judge panel dominated by two of Trump’s own appointees. The Ninth Circuit as a whole has a majority of Democratic appointees and is often skeptical of Trump’s policies in legal challenges. Trump was initially blocked from the deployment by U. S. District Judge Karin Immergut, herself a Trump appointee, who in a blistering decision found that none of the facts on the ground supported Trump’s claim that a rebellion was underway. The initial Ninth Circuit reversal of this ruling was met with heavy criticism from legal experts, who noted that the majority was substituting their own opinions for the factual findings of the lower court.

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