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New tensions are emerging over the National Guard in D.C. — troops near schools or ballot boxes — but the end of the deployment is nowhere in sight. The big picture: A federal appeals court again heard arguments in D.
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Federal law criminalizes deploying federal troops or armed federal law enforcement agents to places where elections are held.
A National Guardsman was shot and wounded in the Barracks Row area of Southeast D.C. late Sunday as he and fellow guardsmen tried to break up a fight. The suspect and guardsmen opened fire, and the suspect also was shot and wounded.
DC AG Brian Schwalb said "thousands of armed soldiers have occupied our streets," but legal experts remain split on presidential powers.