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Appeals Court Lets D.C. National Guard Deployment Continue Pending Review

The administrative stay preserves the status quo to give judges time to assess the Trump administration’s appeal in a dispute expected to reach the Supreme Court.

Members of the National Guard cross the street near the site of a shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 30, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
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Members of the District of Columbia National Guard pick up trash by the Capitol reflecting pool, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
National Guardsmen patrol in front of the Washington Monument on the National Mall, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Overview

  • The D.C. Circuit temporarily froze Judge Jia Cobb’s order requiring troops to leave by Dec. 11, stating the pause is not a ruling on the merits.
  • Judge Cobb ruled on Nov. 20 that the deployment was likely unlawful and improperly intruded on Washington’s local control of policing.
  • More than 2,000 Guard members from the District and multiple states have patrolled the city since August, with 500 more sought after a late‑November shooting near the White House.
  • Prosecutors charged 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal in the attack that killed Specialist Sarah Beckstrom and wounded Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, and he has pleaded not guilty.
  • Related cases in Los Angeles, Chicago and Portland are advancing, with the Supreme Court weighing an emergency appeal over the Chicago deployment.