NEW YORK >> A federal appeals court on Wednesday cleared President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., to continue for now, saying his administration was likely to prevail in a legal challenge.

A federal appeals court ruled in favor of the Trump administration's bid to continue National Guard deployment in Washington DC through February.

"The District of Columbia is a federal district created by Congress, rather than a constitutionally sovereign entity like the fifty States."

Appeals court permits Trump to maintain National Guard deployment in D.C., reversing a lower court's order to withdraw troops.

A United States appeals court on Thursday (Dec 4) handed a victory to President Donald Trump in his effort to keep National Guard troops in Washington, pausing a lower court order that would have ended the de

A federal appeals court temporarily froze a judge's ruling that would have soon required the National Guard to leave the streets of Washington DC.

A U.S. District Court decision to end the deployment of National Guard members to Washington, D.C., is on hold.