Hundreds of National Guardsmen from three states are being activated to go to Washington, D.C. to aid the military mission in the nation’s capital.

West Virginia governor Patrick Morrisey announced the deployment of hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., at the Trump administration’s request.

The outcome in the high-stakes legal battle between the Trump administration and D.C. local leaders came after DOJ attorneys and the D.C. attorney general's office deliberated privately for more than...