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National Guard personnel keep watch as travelers arrive at the entrance to Union Station near the Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP WASHINGTON — The Trump administration, stepping up its crackdown on policing in the nation’s capital, on Thursday named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday evening directed the Washington, DC, mayor and police department to end the capital’s sanctuary city policies and formalized the federal government’s control of DC police. In an order, Bondi declared that Terry Cole, the head of the Drug Enforcement Agency, is now operating as the district’s “emergency police commissioner,” giving …

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi further cemented the Trump administration‘s takeover of D.C. law enforcement Thursday by shifting decision-making authority from its police chief and handing it to the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration. In an interview on Fox News, Bondi previewed an order by the Justice Department naming DEA head Terry Cole as “emergency police commissioner” of …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Washington, DC, Police Chief Pamela Smith signed an executive order Thursday allowing DC police officers to share information about people not in their custody with federal immigration enforcement agencies such as ICE — as President Donald Trump continues his federal takeover of law enforcement in the nation’s capital and crackdown on illegal immigration. Along with providing …

Bondi orders D.C. mayor to recognize DEA head as ‘emergency police commissioner’  The Washington Post Pam Bondi names DEA administrator as ’emergency’ DC police chief  NBC News Bondi names DEA head ’emergency police commissioner’ amid Trump’s takeover of DC police  AP News Terry Cole, chosen to take over DC’s police force, has spent 22 years at DEA  WTOP Karoline Leavitt says chief of police …

As Trump Seizes D.C.’s Police, Critics Say He’s Undercut Its Ability to Fight Crime  The New York Times WATCH: National Guard humvees, roughly 30 troops stand guard outside DC’s Union Station amid police takeover  Fox News ‘These are human beings’: Religious leaders criticize President Trump’s grim portrayal of DC  WTOP Live updates: Dozens arrested in Washington as White House ratchets up federal police …

D.C. police chief expands cooperation with immigration enforcement  The Washington Post Live updates: Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for special election in California to redraw congressional maps  NBC News DC police announce major action on immigration enforcement after Trump’s crime crackdown  Fox News Trump wants to use traffic stops to target undocumented immigrants  Axios Live updates: D.C. police to cooperate with ICE amid federal takeover  NBC4 …

The police chief of Washington, D.C., ordered an increase in cooperation between local officers and federal immigration agents. National Guard personnel keep watch as travelers arrive at the entrance to Union Station near the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)(AP/J. Scott Applewhite) National Guard personnel keep watch as travelers arrive at the entrance to Union …

D.C. Police Move to Share Limited Information With Federal Immigration Officials  The New York Times Live updates: D.C. police to work with ICE; Trump says he thinks Putin wants to make a deal at summit on Ukraine  NBC News DC police announce major action on immigration enforcement after Trump’s crime crackdown  Fox News Live updates: D.C. police to cooperate with ICE amid federal …

DC police to increase cooperation with immigration enforcement amid Trump crackdown  Politico Live updates: D.C. police to work with ICE; Trump says he thinks Putin wants to make a deal at summit on Ukraine  NBC News DC police announce major action on immigration enforcement after Trump’s crime crackdown  Fox News DC police now allowed to notify ICE of people not in custody, police …