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White House fires back as Trump's use of DC police for crime crackdown is placed in the crosshairs by Dems

Democratic lawmakers are pushing a joint resolution to put the kibosh on President Trump's use of the D.C. Metropolitan ...

DOJ backs off attempt to install emergency DC police chief

New order will have DEA head serve as the designee of the attorney general for the purposes of requesting service.

US attorney general names DEA boss Cole as DC's 'emergency police commissioner'

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a directive late on Thursday naming Drug Enforcement Administration head Terry Cole as ...
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D.C. Settles Police Officer’s Lawsuit Charging Its Crime Statistics Are Deliberately Understated

A former MPD sergeant claims that top officials sought to ‘downgrade crimes in order to make crime look like it was less than ...

Trump takes over MPD, claiming crime in District of Columbia is ‘out of control’

President Trump said he would take over Washington, D.C.’s police force and deploy National Guard troops to fight crime and ...

Fresh off taking control of D.C. police, Trump announces he’ll host CBS's Kennedy Center Honors TV broadcast

Trump’s Wednesday announcement had the feel of both an awards reveal and a political rally. Seated in the front row to ...

Karoline Leavitt says chief of police now answers to Trump who is Commander-in-Chief of DC force

The White House has confirmed the temporary chain of command for the District of Columbia police force over the next month, ...

DC police chief ripped for 'mind blowing' response to basic policing question: 'Yikes'

D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith faces social media mockery after appearing confused by reporter's question about chain of ...