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Hugo Lowell and Sam Levin in Los Angeles

Trump keeps national guards in LA for now as appeals court puts brakes on ban

Man with Mexican flag appears to yell at line of people in camouflage with shields
A demonstrator and members of the California national guard on Thursday in Los Angeles. Photograph: Wally Skalij/AP

A federal appeals court on Thursday night temporarily returned control of California’s national guard to Donald Trump hours after a judge ruled the president’s use of the guard to suppress protests in Los Angeles was illegal.

The decision by the US court of appeals for the ninth circuit paused a temporary restraining order against Trump issued by US district judge Charles Breyer until at least an emergency hearing scheduled for 17 June.

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