Trump, National Guard and DC
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Morrisey said the deployment includes hundreds of “skilled personnel” at the request of the Trump administration.
Trump's federal takeover of D.C. police sparks political controversy as Democrats call it overreach while White House defends crime reduction efforts.
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Trump’s aggressive push to take over DC policing may be a template for an approach in other cities
The left sees President Donald Trump’s attempted takeover of law enforcement in Washington as part of multifront march to autocracy.
The Democratic mayor reversed her tone towards Trump’s mobilization of the National Guard to combat crime in her city.
A significantly larger National Guard presence is expected across Washington, D.C. starting Wednesday, as operations shift from evening patrols to around-the-clock deployment, according to a White House official.
Around two dozen soldiers stood guard outside Washington, Union Station in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 14. They had little to do.
The Trump administration on Friday reversed course and agreed to leave the Washington, D.C., police chief in control of department after a court hearing. Attorney General Pam Bondi, in a new memo, directed the District's police to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement “notwithstanding” city law.
Federal officials in Washington, D.C. swept through a large homeless encampment Thursday and dismantled it. It's part of the Trump administration's purge to crack down on crime across D.C.