As most government activities remain shut down in Washington D.C. due to budget gridlock, the National Guard remains on patrol across the nation’s capital.

The deployment of National Guard troops on the streets of Washington faces challenges in two courts on Friday — one in the nation’s capital and another in West Virginia — while across the country a judge in Portland,

Judge Karin Immergut said she will decide by Monday whether to dissolve a restraining order blocking President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops in Portland.

The Trump administration is preparing to deploy the National Guard to Portland while waiting for three different federal courts to make decisions over the previous deployment of troops to three Democrat-run cities.

The National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C., could be extended into the summer of 2026, according to a new court filing and emails of National Guard leaders

In a suit filed in federal court, attorneys for Sam O’Hara, 35, of Washington, said he would regularly protest the National Guard’s presence by walking several feet behind them and playing the march also known as "Darth Vader's Theme," from "The Empire Strikes Back," the second film in the "Star Wars" series, when he saw them in the community.

An Oct. 20 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit took a step toward National Guard troops deploying in Portland.

House Democratic leaders, led by Reps. Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia, are launching an investigation into President Trump's reported demand that the Justice Department pay him $230 million in compensation for federal investigations into him.