As the Trump administration asserts control over the Washington, D.C., police force to address crime, Maryland Democrats say it has overlooked an obvious first step: the city’s budget.

West Virginia National Guard troops are now being sent to Washington, DC, in an escalation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to federally take over law enforcement in the city.

Morrisey said the deployment includes hundreds of “skilled personnel” at the request of the Trump administration.

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,

The left sees President Donald Trump’s attempted takeover of law enforcement in Washington as part of multifront march to autocracy

President Trump has warned he might send the National Guard to other cities. The Black mayors of those cities vow to push back.

Trump has long focused on crime and cleanliness in DC and other cities, sparring periodically with Democratic mayors during his first term over law enforcement. In the summer of 2020, he weighed a federal takeover of the DC police to quell demonstrations over the police killing of George Floyd.

Another week of the Trump administration saw significant developments in domestic and foreign policy, including drastic action to reduce crime in the nation s capital and additional efforts to secure