The nation’s capital sued to block President Donald Trump’s takeover of its police department in court on Friday, hours after his administration escalated its intervention into the city’s law ...

It was not immediately clear where the move left Pamela Smith, the city's current police chief, who works for the D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.

The lawsuit alleges President Donald Trump and members of his administration overstepped their authority when taking federal control of the city’s law enforcement earlier this week.

As of Friday, it is unclear what General Attorney Pam Bondi's decision to appoint Terry Cole, head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, as Washington’s emergency police commissioner means for the ...