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Federal becomes local: The nation's capital finds itself at the center of a Donald Trump maelstrom
WASHINGTON (AP) — The questions came fast to the mayor of the nation's capital, many of them designed to get her to say ...
Live updates: Mayor Bowser calls Trump takeover of DC police and plan to make the city safer ‘unsettling’
President Donald Trump said Monday he’s placing the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and deploying ...
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FBI Director Kash Patel backs Trump's DC police takeover: 'When you let good cops be cops, they deliver'
FBI Director Kash Patel spoke to agents as the Trump administration places D.C. Metropolitan Police under federal control and ...
Trump Announces the Deployment of the National Guard to Washington D.C., Federalizing the Capital City
Trump announced changes that will be coming to D.C., such as ending it's status as a sanctuary city and putting Bondi in ...
Trump says he’s placing Washington police under federal control and activating the National Guard
President Trump directed federal law enforcement agencies to increase their presence in Washington DC last week.
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What Is the Home Rule Act, the Law Trump Invoked in His D.C. Takeover?
The 1973 law granted the city a greater degree of self-governance. It also allows the president to federalize D.C.'s police ...
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Trump’s DC police takeover was fueled by attack on former DOGE staffer and his own observations of homelessness, allies say
Trump has long focused on crime and cleanliness in DC and other cities, sparring periodically with Democratic mayors during ...
FACT FOCUS: Trump exaggerates, misstates facts on Washington crime
But Trump exaggerated or misstated many of the facts surrounding public safety in Washington, where the crime rate has fallen ...
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