WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that the National Guard deployment in the nation’s capital can continue for now, staying a lower-court ruling that had ordered an end to the troops’ presence.

This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. President Trump on Wednesday paid his respects to two Iowa National Guard members and a U.S. civilian interpreter who were killed in an attack in the Syrian desert, joining their grieving families as their remains were brought back to the country they served.

President Donald Trump will participate in a dignified transfer of the bodies of two slain Iowa National Guard members when they arrive in the U.S. on Wednesday, Dec. 17.