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Trump’s Washington police takeover echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime

President Donald Trump has taken control of Washington’s law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to deploy onto the ...

Ex-Harris aide argues more police won’t make streets safer, citing experience as a ‘Black woman in America’

Ex-Harris spokesperson Sanders-Townsend pushed back against Trump's crime initiative, arguing increased police presence doesn ...

Trump invokes the Home Rule Act to take control of the Washington, D.C., police. What the act says he can and can't do.

The statute does not require evidence or congressional approval — only a presidential declaration of emergency.
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Kidnapping search near DCA delayed flights. Now police choppers have to wait.

After a search for a kidnapped child delayed several flights last week, air traffic controllers at Washington Reagan ...

Man fatally shot in Washington, DC hours after Trump federalizes city's police department

Police in Washington, D.C. respond to fatal shooting on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in city's Logan Circle neighborhood. (Credit: ...

What is chain of command? MAGA slams Washington DC Metro's police chief Pamela Smith for not understanding question

As Donald Trump took over the control of Washington DC's police in an attempt to curb what the administration said a steep ...