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The decision, which does not set precedent, is one of only a handful of times the conservative court has ruled against the president in the emergency docket in this term.
Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Washington.
A three-judge panel voted unanimously for Guard troops to remain in Washington while they examined the larger legality of the deployment.
In a 30-page opinion, the judges write that Washington's unique federal status allows President Trump to largely control the deployment of troops in the city.
They also say the Trump administration is likely to win the overall case.
There have been more than 2,000 troops in Washington since August, both from the district and several Republican-led states.
Hundreds more were added after a targeted attack on National Guard troops killed one and wounded another last month.
But the judges also raised serious doubts about the lawfulness of deployments in other cities, many of which have been stopped after orders by federal judges.
Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Washington.
Since the fragile ceasefire took hold early last month, the reported death toll by the Gaza health ministry has continued to climb.
More than 350 of those deaths have been from Israeli strikes during the ceasefire.
Hundreds more have been recently added to the toll as bodies, some buried in the rubble for many months, have been retrieved during the relative calm.
Throughout the war, Israel has repeatedly denied targeting civilians and the accuracy of the figures from Gaza.
The United Nations often cites the Gaza health ministry numbers and says they're credible.
Several international studies have estimated the total death toll is likely much higher.
Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
There have been more than 2,000 National Guard troops in D.C.
from several states since August when Trump ordered the deployment over concerns about the city's crime rate.
This has been part of a pattern of Trump deploying the National Guard to Democratic-led cities around the country, often against the wishes of local governors and authorities.