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D.C. Mayor Leads Pushback Against Appointment of Terry Cole

The fallout from Trump's federal takeover of the police force in D.C. continues. Bondi's latest move prompts backlash.

Democratic mayor slams Trump takeover of city: ‘Unsettling and unprecedented’

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser slammed President Donald Trump’s decision to place D.C. police under federal control and ...
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DC mayor, leaders, police union react to Trump's takeover of MPD

Several DC lawmakers slammed Trump's latest plan to combat crime in the nation's capital, while the police union expressed ...
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Federal Jurisdiction Over the District of Columbia, Explained

P resident Donald Trump became the first president to invoke the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to take temporary control over law enforcement in Washington, D.C., citing high crime levels that ...

Washington sues to block Trump’s federal takeover of its police department as crackdown intensifies

Washington is seeking an emergency restraining order to block President Donald Trump’s takeover of its police department.

Explainer: Can Trump take control of Washington's police?

The District of Columbia's attorney general sued Donald Trump on Friday in a bid to impede his attempted takeover of ...

D.C. mayor calls for statehood as National Guard troops arrive in city

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said Tuesday her district should become a state as National Guard troops arrived in the ...

Federal becomes local: The nation's capital finds itself at the center of a Donald Trump maelstrom

The questions came fast to the mayor of the nation's capital, many of them designed to get her to say something harsh about ...