DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit Friday against the Trump administration over its moves to take over the city’s police department and appoint an emergency commissioner, the latest sign of pushback from district officials against the federal takeover.

Trump was able to execute his recent takeover of Washington D.C.’s law enforcement because of the level of control the federal government still holds over the city. Despite being home to more than 700,

Federal court dispute ends with compromise allowing Trump administration police control while blocking DEA chief appointment and maintaining local police leadership structure.

Small groups of federal agents gathered throughout Washington, DC, on Thursday night to clear out homeless encampments as part of President Donald Trump’s takeover of law enforcement in the nation’s capital.

Trump said this week that homeless people will be moved far from the city in his crackdown on crime. But details of the plan to do so are unclear.

Washington, DC, Police Chief Pamela Smith signed an executive order Thursday allowing DC police officers to share information about people not in their custody with federal immigration enforcement agencies such as ICE — as President Donald Trump continues his federal takeover of law enforcement in the nation’s capital and crackdown on illegal immigration.

The D.C. police chief stepped up cooperation between her officers and federal immigration officials as President Donald Trump’s law enforcement takeover of the nation’s capital took root Thursday. National Guard troops watched over some of the world’s most renowned landmarks and Humvees took up position in front of the busy main