A federal judge moved to halt President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., marking a temporary setback to his push to send military forces into US cities despite opposition from local authorities.

An appointee of former President Joe Biden, US District Judge Jia Cobb, temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops to enforce the law in the nation’s capital without approval from its mayor. However, she delayed the implementation of her ruling until Dec. 11 to give the administration time to file an appeal.

Several others across the country are involved in this legal fight as Trump presses against longstanding but rarely tested constraints on presidents using troops to enforce domestic law.

According to White House sp

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