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DC Sues Trump Admin Seeking to Stop National Guard Deployment

National Guard troops have been assisting law enforcement in the District of Columbia since Trump mobilized them on Aug. 11.
DC Sues Trump Admin Seeking to Stop National Guard Deployment
Members of the National Guard patrol at a metro stop in Washington on Aug. 25, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Jackson Richman
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WASHINGTON—The District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Sept. 4 over its deployment of the National Guard to the nation’s capital.

The lawsuit alleges that the deployment violates the district’s semi-sovereign status known as Home Rule, whereby the city has jurisdiction over its own affairs but Congress can override its decisions.
Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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