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Senate Republicans defended Trump’s National Guard deployments as necessary to fight crime, while Democrats called them unconstitutional military overreach that violates states’ rights.

A federal judge ruled Wednesday the administration must halt California National Guard deployments and return control to the state, marking a major legal setback.

Trump deployed over 4,000 California National Guard troops without Gov. Newsom’s approval in June, the first such activation without state consent in decades.

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress clashed Thursday over President Trump’s use of the National Guard in American cities, with Republicans saying the deployments were needed to fight

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