US EditionD.C. Attorney General sues over Trump's police takeover, says administration is 'abusing' power
District officials filed a lawsuit challenging Trump's appointment of a federal police chief amid deployment of 800 National Guard troops to enforce federal control over local law enforcement.
- On Friday, District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit in federal court to block President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the police department.
- Deploying agents from the FBI, DEA, U.S. Capitol Police and ATF, Trump invoked the Home Rule Act earlier in the week to federalize D.C. police control.
- During the first half of 2025, violent crime in Washington decreased 120 and robberies fell 120, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
- A federal judge questioned the Justice Department’s broad interpretation of presidential authority during a 2 p.m. EDT hearing, scheduled for Thursday, regarding Schwalb’s request for a temporary restraining order.
- As a possible template for other cities, the legal dispute over D.C.'s police control highlights limits of federal intervention under the Home Rule Act.
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday reversed course and agreed to leave the Washington, D.C., police chief in control of the department, while Attorney General Pam Bondi, in a new memo, directed the District’s police to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement regardless of any city law. The order from Bondi came after officials in the nation’s capital sued Friday to block President Donald Trump’s takeover of the Washington pol…
Trump’s aggressive push to take over D.C. policing may be a template for an approach in other cities
Under the name of his Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force, Trump put some 800 National Guard troops on Washington streets this past week, declaring at the outset, 'Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals.'
The U.S. president had this week deployed the National Guard on the streets of the capital, and placed law and order under his control.
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rd.nlThe U.S. Department of Justice has reached an agreement with the city of Washington, D.C., regarding control of the city's police force. The agreement was reached during a federal court hearing after Washington's attorney general sued the Trump administration for what he called a "hostile takeover" of the city's police force.
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