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Muriel Bowser’s office says she is heading to the luxe vacation destination for a day to pick up her daughter As President Donald Trump and his administration pursue a hostile takeover of Washington, D.C., the city’s mayor is skipping town for a bit.  Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office confirmed reports on Thursday that she left D.C. for Martha’s Vineyard. “The mayor …

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 …

Mayors Karen Bass, Brandon Johnson, Barbara Lee, Brandon Scott and Eric Adams are responding to President Trump’s suggestion that their cities — LA, Chicago, Oakland, Baltimore and New York — may need federal intervention like what he is doing in D.C. Mike Egerton/PA Images, Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu, Genaro Molina/LA Times, Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun/TNS via Getty Images, Peter K. Afriyie/AP hide caption …

Trump’s D.C. Police Takeover and National Guard Deployment: What to Know  The New York Times DC Mayor Bowser changes her tone on Trump as crackdown ramps up  CNN The Trump takeover in Washington feels personal — and we’re fighting it  MSNBC News Yes, Stephen Miller Is Surrounded By Criminals  The Atlantic Checkpoint with ICE agents met by protesters in D.C.  The Washington Post Source link

‘We’re going to be asking for extensions,’ Trump says of 30-day limit on DC police takeover The president confirms that he is looking to extend the initial 30-day limit for the federal takeover of the DC Metropolitan Police. “I don’t want to call national emergency. If I have to I will. But I think the Republicans in Congress will approve …

President Donald Trump inaccurately claimed that the murder rate in Washington, D.C., “reached the highest rate probably ever” in 2023, and he ignored a decline in murders since then to justify a federal takeover of the city’s law enforcement. In declaring a “crime emergency” in Washington, Trump wrongly claimed at an Aug. 11 press conference, “Murders in 2023 reached the …

Signs of Trump’s takeover of D.C. policing are in view, with more to come  The Washington Post Top Democrats ripped on social media over ‘bonkers’ reactions to Trump’s DC crime plan: ‘Massive liar’  Fox News Why is Trump sending US National Guard to Washington, DC?  Al Jazeera Trump Pulls Military Into Another Political Issue  The New York Times Trump’s unprecedented takeover of D.C. police …

As Donald Trump convened reporters at the White House on Monday morning to announce his plans for sending the national guard on to Washington DC streets and taking over the police department, protesters gathered a block away to denounce what they saw as his plans to put the federal district under his thumb. “Nothing Trump is doing right now is …

Washington — President Trump is holding a news conference Monday morning to address crime in the nation’s capital amid an effort to scale up law enforcement in Washington, D.C., after the president suggested a possible federal takeover. The Trump administration deployed about 450 federal law enforcement officers overnight Sunday across D.C. from a number of federal law enforcement agencies. The …

President Trump wrote Sunday that homeless people should be moved out of Washington, D.C., “IMMEDIATELY” and relocated “FAR” away, as he hints at more aggressive policing in the nation’s capital — and suggests putting the city under federal control. The Trump administration announced last week it had boosted the presence of federal law enforcement in D.C., after the alleged assault …