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Demonstrators gathered outside Washington, DC’s, police headquarters on Friday to protest President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the city’s law enforcement. One of the protesters – 29-year-old Katie Garcia – has lived in Washington, DC, since last year, and says she now feels unsafe leaving her house. “I’m in DC Ward 2, and I’ve lived here for about a year, …

Democrats introduce measure to terminate Trump’s D.C. takeover  Axios DC’s soft-on-crime leaders let teens run wild, opened door for Trump takeover: police group  Fox News Trump Depicted Youth Crime in D.C. as Rampant. Here’s What the Data Shows.  The New York Times How the White House’s claims about D.C. homelessness compare to the data  NBC News Democrats introduce joint resolution to end Trump’s ‘lawless’ …

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 …

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 …