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D.C. attorney general sues over Trump’s ‘hostile takeover’ of local police
WASHINGTON — Brian Schwalb, the attorney general for the District of Columbia, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington on Friday challenging the Trump administration’s takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department. The lawsuit challenges Trump’s Monday order as well as Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Thursday order claiming federal control of the D.C. police force. Schwalb’s office argued that the …
Read More »In Trump’s Washington police takeover, federal agents adopt new roles
They typically investigate drug lords, weapons traffickers or cyber criminals. This week, though, federal agents are fanning out across the nation’s capital as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to clamp down on crime in the city. The sometimes-masked agents joined members of the National Guard as well as the United States Park Police, whose responsibilities include protecting the country’s …
Read More »Bondi scraps limits on cooperation between D.C. police and federal immigration agents
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday scrapped local directives that severely limited cooperation between police officers in Washington, D.C., and federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other immigration agencies. The move amounts to a sweeping reversal of “sanctuary” policies in the nation’s capital, allowing the Metropolitan Police Department, for the time being, to fully cooperate with federal immigration …
Read More »Trump administration claims powers of D.C. police chief : NPR
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 …
Read More »Bondi orders DC to end sanctuary city policies and appoints DEA chief as emergency police commissioner
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 …
Read More »Pam Bondi names DEA administrator as ’emergency’ DC police chief
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 …
Read More »DC police to share information with federal immigration officers
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 …
Read More »Bondi orders D.C. mayor to recognize DEA head as ‘emergency police commissioner’ – The Washington Post
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 …
Read More »As Trump Seizes D.C.’s Police, Critics Say He’s Undercut Its Ability to Fight Crime – The New York Times
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 …
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