Trump administration agrees to keep DC police chief in place
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The Democratic mayor reversed her tone towards Trump’s mobilization of the National Guard to combat crime in her city.
President Donald Trump deployed 800 National Guard troops to the nation's capital as part of a crime crackdown in the city.
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser's departure followed President Donald Trump's declaration of a "crime emergency" in the district.
Bowser says the District is facing “an unsettling and unprecedented” challenge to its autonomy after the Trump administration moved to assert more control.
A standoff over the Trump administration’s push to take over law enforcement in the nation’s capital appeared to near a resolution after the Trump administration agreed to let Washington DC’s police chief remain in charge of her department.