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Available reporting shows the District of Columbia National Guard and other states’ Guard units began deploying to Washington, D.C., in mid‑August 2025 (with multiple outlets citing Aug. 14 and August...
A federal judge, U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb, ruled on November 20 that the Trump administration’s deployment of nearly 2,200 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., for crime-deterrence missio...
Multiple lawsuits filed from mid‑2024 through 2026 challenged the Trump administration’s federalization and deployment of National Guard troops and federal officers in U.S. cities to support immigrati...
Federal authorities and the White House have asserted that the president — as commander-in-chief and the designated commander for the District of Columbia — can deploy and order National Guard troops ...
Available reporting attributes the 2025 Washington, D.C., National Guard deployment to actions taken by President Donald Trump and Pentagon/Defense Department officials acting under his authority; for...
The National Guard was deployed to Washington, D.C., in August 2025 after President Donald Trump declared a federal emergency citing and ordered Guard support for local and federal law enforcement; th...