As most government activities remain shut down in Washington D.C. due to budget gridlock, the National Guard remains on patrol across the nation’s capital.

The Trump administration suffered a legal blow on Friday afternoon when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stayed an order issued on October 20 by a federal appellate court ruling it could deploy 200 National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, under federal control.

In a rare use of the U.S. military for domestic purposes, President Donald Trump has deployed National Guard troops to Los Angeles and Washington, D.C, and announced plans to send them to Portland, Chicago,

Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Richard Lindsay said Oct. 24, 2025, that he wants to hear more about the legality behind Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s order to deploy hundreds from th National Guard to Washington D.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he will deploy the National Guard to support food banks because of expected delays to federal food assistance amid the government shutdown.

As Trump’s agenda against left-wing cities intensifies, we have to concern ourselves with the possibility of Seattle being his administration’s next target. These concerns seem to be shared by the mayor’s office;