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DC Mayor Bowser walks delicate line with Trump, reflecting the city’s precarious position

As National Guard troops deploy across her city as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to clamp down on crime, D.C.

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

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks as Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela A. Smith listens during a news ...

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.

3 more GOP governors authorize deployment of National Guard troops as part of Trump show of force

The Mississippi National Guard will deploy 200 troops to D.C. as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing federal policing ...
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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 ...

Trump threatens to send federal troops into Chicago and New York City

At a press conference in the Oval Office, Trump boasted about the National Guard presence he sent into Washington, D.C., last ...

The nation’s capital finds itself at the center of a Trump maelstrom as National Guard troops arrive

In Trump’s second term, backed by Republican control of both houses of Congress, Bowser has walked a public tightrope for ...