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Trump, D.C. police and federal takeover

The Associated Press on MSN · 27m

Federal agents will be out 24/7 on patrol in Washington, the White House says

A ‘significantly higher’ presence of guard members was expected Wednesday night, according to the White House.

The Washington Post on MSN · 2d

Trump orders federal takeover of D.C. police, deploys National Guard

President Donald Trump announced Monday that he was placing the D.C. police under direct federal control and will deploy the National Guard to the streets of Washington to fight crime, an extraordinary flex of federal power that stripped city leadership of its ability to make law enforcement decisions and could expose residents of the nation’s capital to unpredictable encounters with a domestically deployed military force.

Reuters · 2h

Trump says he will seek extension of federal takeover of D.C. police

U.S. President Donald Trumpsaid on Wednesday he would ask congressional Republicans to extend federal control of Washington's city police force beyond 30 days, escalating his campaign to exert presidential power over the nation's capital.

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Trump administration's lawsuit against all of Maryland's federal judges meets skepticism in court

U.S. District Judge Thomas Cullen didn't issue a ruling following a hearing in federal court in Baltimore, but he expressed ...

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Trump’s domestic troop deployment tests the limits of a nearly 150-year-old law

President Donald Trump's recent actions have sparked debate over the Posse Comitatus Act, a law from 1878 that limits ...

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Maps Show Which States Give More to Federal Government Than They Get Back

Over a third of the United States federal government's revenue comes from the country's four most-populous states, but they often get back less than they contribute. Known as "donor states," 19 states ...

Judge Appears Skeptical of Lawsuit Against Federal Bench in Maryland

The spectacle of the White House suing an entire district court in the name of the United States of America underscored just ...

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From the Farm: Federal government releases new reports on farming, health

Tuesday was a big agricultural day in Washington as the federal government released two reports that will have a lot of ...

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Trump deployed the National Guard and declared federal control of DC police. Here’s how he is able to do it

The DC National Guard began appearing in the nation’s capital on Tuesday after President Donald Trump announced a day earlier ...

The Burlington Free Press on MSN1h

Trump administration threatens to withhold federal funds from 'sanctuary' states like VT

The new list, released Aug. 5 by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Public Affairs, includes three states and one ...

What the National Guard and federal law enforcement can and can't do in D.C.

President Trump is calling up the D.C. National Guard and federal law enforcement to address crime in the capital.

D.C. has been under tighter federal control before. Here's what it looked like

Trump's expansion of federal authority over Washington, D.C., is in many ways unprecedented, but calls to mind other times ...

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Jimmy Carter reshaped the federal government. Trump is undoing some of his work

Among the Trump administration’s top targets for dismantling: the U.S. Department of Education and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Both were established by President Jimmy Carter.

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