A federal judge on Thursday halted for now President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Washington D.C., dealing Trump a temporary legal setback to his efforts to send the military to American cities over the objections of local leaders. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to enforce the law in the nation's capital without approval from its mayor.

Cobb paused her ruling until Dec. 11 to allow the Trump administration to appeal. The legal fight is playing out alongside several others across the country as Trump presses against longstanding but rarely tested constraints on presidents

using troops to enforce domestic law .

District of Columbia Attorney

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