"A United States appeals court has issued a stay on a lower court's order requiring the administration of US President Donald Trump to withdraw the National Guard from Washington, DC, in the coming weeks. The decision on Thursday by a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit granted a Trump administration request for a pause on a previous order as it considers its response."
"The Trump administration has deployed at least 2,000 National Guard troops reservists who are not full-time soldiers to Washington, DC, as part of what he has described as part of an anti-crime and beautification initiative. He has run into legal challenges as he has sought to do the same in Democrat-run cities across the country, including Los Angeles, California; Portland, Oregon; and Chicago, Illinois. A ruling has been slower coming in the US capital, a federal territory where the president wields more authority."
An appeals court panel granted a stay on a lower court's order requiring withdrawal of National Guard troops from Washington, D.C., while the government considers its response. District Judge Jia Cobb had ordered the administration to withdraw federal troops by December 11 and later extended the deadline by 21 days. The appeals court emphasized the pause is not a ruling on the merits. The administration deployed at least 2,000 National Guard reservists to Washington as part of an anti-crime and beautification initiative. Cobb found the deployment unlawful for non-military, crime-deterrence missions made without a request from civil authorities. The stay followed a shooting that wounded two guard members, one fatally.
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