Judge Keeps DC National Guard Legal Fight Moving During Shutdown

A federal judge denied the US Justice Department’s request to pause several upcoming deadlines during the government shutdown in a legal fight over President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Washington.

In a one-paragraph order on Thursday, US District Judge Jia Cobb wrote that the written materials the government was due to submit this month relate to the District’s request for urgent judicial intervention — the type of time-sensitive issue that the Washington court has determined shouldn’t be delayed by Congress’ budget impasse.

The Justice Department has been winding down its obligations in civil cases since ...