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Explainer: Can Trump take control of Washington's police?

The District of Columbia's attorney general sued Donald Trump on Friday in a bid to impede his attempted takeover of ...

From cops to the Kennedy Center, Trump tries to transform Washington

An emboldened President Donald Trump is increasingly using his bully pulpit to stamp his imprint on Washington, DC — pushing ...

Trump says Washington needs National Guard protection. Police data says crime is down.

Though the Trump administration claims violence in the capital is getting worse, police statistics show violent crime has ...

Bondi names DEA head as DC’s ’emergency police commissioner,’ but capital leaders push back

Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a directive issued Thursday evening that DEA boss Terry Cole will assume “powers and ...

Trump admin live updates: DC police chief blasts Bondi's 'dangerous' directive

D.C. District judge Ana Reyes has scheduled an emergency hearing for 2 p.m. Friday on D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb's ...

The Latest: Dozens arrested in Washington as White House ratchets up federal police presence

The White House says there will be a round-the-clock presence of local and federal law enforcement officers in the Washington ...

Bondi scraps limits on cooperation between D.C. police and federal immigration agents

The move amounts to a sweeping reversal of "sanctuary" policies in the nation's capital, allowing the Metropolitan Police ...

Terry Cole, chosen to take over DC’s police force, has spent 22 years at DEA

Attorney General Pam Bondi has named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to be Washington’s “emergency police ...