The Pentagon said that the decision by Pete Hegseth to widen the patrols was made on Oct. 29, just before a landslide defeat for Republicans in the midterm elections.
The National Guard deployment in Washington reached a high of 5,148 troops in July, as part of a surge of military forces ordered for the countryβs 250th anniversary.
After a decade at the center of American politics, President Trump is politically wounded, with diminished power. Those who know him say the next two years will be unpredictable.
After huge losses for Republicans in the midterm elections, it remains to be seen whether President Trump adopts a pragmatic deal-making posture with Democrats.
His party just suffered a drubbing unseen in decades. But the president, leading a tour of his ballroom project, was placid and eager to wax on about construction instead.
In an interview with two Times reporters, President Trump blamed the G.O.P.βs losses on the fact that he was not on the ballot, and said he was willing to work with Democrats.
Judge Ana C. Reyes said an outside investigator would help determine whether parks officials or Justice Department lawyers withheld plans for Washingtonβs East Potomac Park.
A federal judge on Friday called for an investigation into whether the Trump administration concealed its plans to renovate a public golf course at East Potomac Park.
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