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Democratic mayor slams Trump takeover of city: ‘Unsettling and unprecedented’
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks as Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela A. Smith listens during a news conference on President Donald Trump's plan to place Washington police under federal control and deploy National guard troops to Washington, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
The Latest: Mayor Bowser calls Trump takeover of DC police ‘unsettling’
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser held a press conference Monday following President Donald Trump’s announcement that he’s taking over Washington’s police department and activating 800 members of the National Guard in the hopes of reducing crime and tackling homelessness in the city.
Muriel Bowser, mayor of Washington, D.C., called President Donald ... questions on the balance between local control and ...
"Any comparison to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false," said Mayor Bowser amid Trump's escalation in rhetoric against ...
President Trump said he would take over Washington, D.C.'s police force and deploy National Guard troops to fight crime and ...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) said Monday that President Trump sending the National Guard to his city would “only serve to destabilize” it. “From my first day in office, ...
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