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National Guard soldiers salute as President Donald Trump's motorcade drives by, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

WASHINGTON – A partisan battle is playing out in a Washington courtroom that could decide the fate of President Donald Trump’s federal law enforcement intervention in the nation’s capital.

Dozens of states have taken sides in a lawsuit challenging the open-ended National Guard deployment in Washington, with their support falling along party lines. It shows how the law enforcement operation in the nation's capital remains a flashpoint in the Republican president's broadening campaign to send the military to cities across the country and underscores the deepening divis

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