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.

Members of the National Guard patrol at a metro stop in Washington on Aug. 25, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

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.