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Trump fulfills campaign promise by federalizing D.C. with 30-day emergency control, cracking down on crime in the nation's capital.
President Donald Trump deployed 800 National Guard troops to the nation's capital as part of a crime crackdown in the city.
President Donald Trump has declared a public safety emergency in Washington DC and placed the capital city's police under federal control.
While hundreds of federal law enforcement officers continue to roam the streets of Washington, DC today as part of Trump’s ongoing federal police surge in the nation’s capital, DC leaders are taking a victory lap.
A Washington, D.C., man faces federal charges after throwing a sandwich at a CBP agent amid Trump's federal control of D.C. police.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to be Washington’s “emergency police commissioner” as she carries out President Donald Trump’s unprecedented decision to take over the Washington police department.
The DEA head, Terry Cole, would assume "all the powers and duties" of DC police chief, Bondi said.
Trump's plan to address crime in D.C. calls for deploying National Guard troops along the National Mall overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, according to a source.