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Robert Tait in Washington and Associated Press

Washington DC sues over Trump’s deployment of the national guard

a woman points at a soldier as she confronts him outside
A protester confronts a member of the DC national guard at Union Station on 1 September 2025, in Washington DC. Photograph: Jon Cherry/AP

Washington DC on Thursday sued to stop Donald Trump’s deployment of national guard troops during the administration’s law enforcement intervention there.

The city’s attorney general, Brian Schwalb, said the hundreds of troops were essentially an “involuntary military occupation”. He argued in the federal lawsuit that the deployment was an illegal use of the military for domestic law enforcement.

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