A court in West Virginia is set to hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging the deployment of the state National Guard to patrol the streets of Washington, D.C., as part of President Donald Trump’s push to send the military into Democratic-run cities. The hearing Monday afternoon is the third in the past three weeks in Charleston over the state's response to Trump's crime-fighting efforts , which have unleashed a whirlwind of lawsuits and overlapping court rulings. West Virginia is among several states that sent National Guard members starting in August to the nation's capital. While the state National Guard has said its deployment could last until the end of November, it is consulting with the governor’s office and others on the possibility of extending the stay. Formal orders were issued

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