US judge halts Trump’s deployment of the national guard to Washington DC

A federal judge on Thursday halted for now Donald Trump’s deployment of national guard troops to Washington DC, dealing the president a temporary legal setback to his efforts to send the military to US cities over the objections of local leaders.

US district judge Jia Cobb, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying national guard troops to enforce the law in the nation’s capital without approval from its mayor.

Cobb paused her ruling until 11 December to allow the Trump administration to appeal.

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