Members of the National Guard respond to a shooting near the White House on Nov. 26, 2025. Two West Virginia National Guard members were shot blocks from the White House. Win McNamee/Getty Images
A federal appeals court lifted a block on President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Washington on Thursday.
Three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to halt a previous judge’s order blocking the deployment.
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