US EditionAppeals court allows Trump National Guard deployment in DC to continue
The appeals court paused a removal order, allowing over 2,000 National Guard troops to remain in D.C. amid legal challenges over local policing authority.
- A US appeals court lifted an injunction that would have required over 2,000 National Guard troops to leave Washington DC by December 11.
- President Trump ordered 500 more troops to Washington after a shooting that targeted two West Virginia National Guard members, escalating his anti-immigrant rhetoric.
- Trump has also moved to deploy troops in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Portland to combat what he calls lawlessness and violent unrest over his immigration crackdown, drawing lawsuits from local officials.
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Appeals court pauses, for now, order blocking National Guard in Washington
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court in Washington on Thursday agreed to allow National Guard troops stationed by President Donald Trump in the city since August to remain for now, blocking a lower court judge’s order that the guard’s presence was unlawful and that the troops should be removed by Dec. 11.
An appeal court temporarily suspends the order of a subordinate court that troops must leave Washington on December 11.
On Thursday, the District Court of Appeals of Columbia overturned the decision of a federal court that had ordered an end to the deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., a measure promoted by the Trump administration since August in response to the increase in crime in the capital.
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