New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- Washington, D.C., filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday (September 4) against US President Donald Trump's administration over the deployment of National Guard troops in the capital, a move that could escalate tensions between the Republican president and the city's Democratic leaders.

The lawsuit, filed by D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, seeks a court order blocking the deployment. It argues that sending armed soldiers to police the city is unconstitutional and violates multiple federal laws.

"Armed soldiers should not be policing American citizens on American soil," Schwalb said in an X post. "The forced military occupation of the District of Columbia violates our local autonomy and basic freedoms. It must end....