"National guard troops sent to the nation's capital will reportedly remain there through at least February. The order was set to lapse at the end of November but was extended by Pete Hegseth, who leads the US Department of Defense. As of Wednesday, there are nearly 2,400 national guard troops in Washington DC, according to CNN. The network also notes that their presence costs about $1m daily."
"This extension comes just a month after Washington DC officials sued the Trump administration over the deployments, which Brian Schwalb, the District of Columbia attorney general, described as involuntary military occupation and an illegal use of the military for domestic law enforcement. A federal judge in California ruled in September that Trump's deployment of national guard troops to Los Angeles after days of protests over immigration raids in June had been illegal."
National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C. will remain through at least February after an extension ordered by Pete Hegseth. Nearly 2,400 troops are currently in the capital, and their presence costs about $1 million per day. Washington, D.C. officials sued the federal government, calling the deployments involuntary military occupation and an illegal use of the military for domestic law enforcement. A federal judge ruled a separate Los Angeles deployment illegal, though that ruling does not directly constrain presidential control over the D.C. Guard. Additional federal deployments and threats to send forces to other cities have followed, and a Pentagon memo ordered quick reaction forces trained in riot control, including batons, shields, Tasers and pepper spray.
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