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. The federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department has reignited a debate over a $1 billion hole in the city’s coffers,

The Trump administration on Friday reversed course and agreed to leave the Washington, D.C., police chief in control of department after a court hearing. Attorney General Pam Bondi, in a new memo, directed the District's police to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement “notwithstanding” city law.

Using bulldozers and garbage trucks, authorities began tearing down homeless encampments as Trump's crackdown on the nation's capital ramped up.