DC Mayor Muriel Bowser urged the city's attorney general to delay a lawsuit against President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops until after a federal emergency declaration expires on September 10th. Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed the suit anyway, citing evidence of continued National Guard presence. Bowser publicly distanced herself from the lawsuit, prioritizing ending the emergency declaration. The disagreement highlights divisions within DC's government over confronting the Trump administration's anti-crime measures. House Republicans aren't expected to extend the declaration, but the National Guard's deployment may continue until at least November.

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