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Federal judge rules Trump's city National Guard deployment illegal

A federal district judge issued an emergency ruling declaring Trump's National Guard deployments to American cities illegal, finding the deployments exceeded presidential authority under both the National Guard statute and the DC Home Rule Act. The ruling ordered an immediate halt to new deployments and required the administration to provide a legal justification within 72 hours. The Justice Department announced it would appeal.