The administration’s grip on the city has only tightened as the week has worn on, while pushback has begun to intensify.

President Trump is the first president to use a declared emergency to wrest control of Washington, D.C.’s police force.

The Trump administration has taken steps that have hobbled Washington’s efforts to reduce crime, such as gutting its U.S. attorney’s office and enacting budget cuts of more than…

The administration’s grip on the city has only tightened as the week has worn on, while pushback has begun to intensify.

The city’s limited self-governance has set the stage for the president’s police takeover.

After a judge threatened to block an order federalizing Washington’s police, the Justice Department issued a new directive leaving the city’s police chief in charge, for now.

The chief will remain after a lawsuit challenged the Justice Department’s attempt to install a new leader as part of an effort to put the agency under federal control.

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