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Coverage dated December 16, 2025

Appeals court: National Guard can stay in D.C. until case is decided

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A federal appeals court agreed to allow the President Donald Trump administration to keep the National Guard in Washington until the case is decided.

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  1. UPI

    Appeals court: National Guard can stay in D.C. until case is decided (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    A federal appeals court agreed to allow the President Donald Trump administration to keep the National Guard in Washington until the case is decided.

  2. Anchorage Daily News

    Appeals court hands Trump a win in battle over D.C. National Guard deployment (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    Judges wrote in a preliminary order that the National Guard can stay for now and that the Trump administration is likely to succeed in its appeal of a lower-court ruling.

  3. Los Angeles Times

    Trump's National Guard deployment in Washington can continue for now, an appeals court says (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Trump may prevail in his argument that the president 'possesses a unique power' to mobilize the Guard in Washington, which is a federal district.

  4. CNN

    Appeals court lets Trump keep National Guard troops in DC for now (opens CNN)

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    A federal appeals court is letting President Donald Trump continue his deployment of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital.

  5. Fox News

    Federal appeals court rules in favor of Trump administration on DC National Guard deployment (opens Fox News)

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    Federal appeals court backs Trump administration's National Guard deployment in Washington D.C., allowing troops to remain stationed through February.

  6. WUSA9

    Federal appeals court allows National Guard deployment in Washington to continue for now (opens WUSA9)

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    The decision stays a lower court ruling that had blocked the troops' presence.

  7. FOX 5 DC

    Court rules National Guard can stay in DC (opens FOX 5 DC)

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    FOX 5 DC's feed description

    A federal appeals court has ruled that the National Guard can remain in Washington, D.C., while judges continue weighing the legality of the deployment.

  8. Townhall

    Appeals Court Unanimously Rules to Allow National Guard to Remain in DC (opens Townhall)

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    Appeals court rules National Guard can remain in DC during legal review of deployment.

  9. Washington Examiner

    Appeals court halts order that blocked DC National Guard deployment (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    A federal appeals court halted a lower court order and allowed Trump’s Washington, D.C, National Guard deployment to continue during the appeal.

  10. NBC4 Washington

    National Guard can stay in DC during legal battle, DC appeals court rules (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    NBC4 Washington's feed description

    National Guard troops are allowed to stay in Washington, D.C. until the lawsuit against the Trump administration over their presence plays out, the DC Circuit...

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