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Washington, DC crime reporter turned victim speaks out, says Trump recognizes ‘major issue’ impacting lives

Washington Examiner journalist Anna Giaritelli shares how a 2020 sexual assault in Washington, D.C., changed her life and career after her attacker was repeatedly released.

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Trump's Washington, DC, crime crackdown exposes gap between perception and reality

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Live updates: Trump presses case for crackdown on D.C. crime, disputes city’s numbers

Washington DC police chief back in place

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AG Bondi strips power from DC police chief, rescinds sanctuary city protections in crime crackdown operation

Bondi's order, titled "Restoring Safety and Security to the District of Columbia," mostly took aim at sanctuary city policies within the nation's capital, rescinding any order that limits how Metropo...

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Attorney General Pam Bondi appoints DEA chief as DC's 'emergency police commissioner'

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Bondi orders D.C. mayor to recognize DEA head as ‘emergency police commissioner’

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US attorney general names DEA boss Cole as DC's 'emergency police commissioner'

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a directive late on Thursday naming Drug Enforcement Administration head Terry Cole as the "emergency police commissioner" of Washington's Metropolitan Police D...

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D.C. Police Chief back in charge after deal with DOJ

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Trump Administration Reverses Course And Agrees To Leave D.C. Police Chief In Charge

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Bondi backs off initial order to take over D.C. police, issues new directive that keeps chief in place

"The key for today is to know that our effort to avoid a hostile takeover of our police force is not going to happen," he told reporters.

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Washington DC Police Chief Stays as DOJ’s Bondi Revises Order

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DEA administrator named 'emergency' D.C. police chief

Trump, DC and Washington

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Trump Federalizes DC Police To 'Rescue Our Nation's Capital From Crime, Bloodshed, Bedlam, and Squalor'

President Donald Trump has declared a public safety emergency in Washington, DC, and placed the capital city's Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control in a crackdown on violent cri...

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Trump exaggerates Washington, DC, crime while ordering police takeover and National Guard deployment

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President Trump targets Washington DC's 'old, tired, exhausted' grass amid takeover

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August 15, 2025: Trump admin agrees to allow DC police chief to remain in charge after court challenge

Washington, DC, is suing the Trump administration trying to block its takeover of the city’s police department.

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Washington Sues Trump Administration to Stop Police Takeover

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Trump administration claims powers of D.C. police chief

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Terry Cole, Chosen to Take Over DC's Police Force, Has Spent 22 Years at DEA

Bondi said she's giving Cole the powers of police chief and the Metropolitan Police Department must receive Cole's approval before issuing any orders.

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DC police chief retains command after deal with Trump administration

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The Latest: Bondi Names DEA Head ‘Emergency Police Commissioner’ Amid Trump’s Takeover of DC Police

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Examining claim violent crime in Washington, DC, is at 30-year low

Critics have expressed skepticism at data coming from the Metropolitan Police Department of the U.S. capital. Snopes looked at FBI data.

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Former Capitol Police Chief says crime by ‘gangs of youth’ in DC has spiked, escaped ‘certain neighborhoods’

Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund warned that the homicide rate in the nation's capital is five to six times higher than other major US cities.

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Homeland Security Uses DaBaby Song for ICE Promo Video Amid Washington DC Crime Crackdown

For whatever reason, the Department of Homeland Security is using DaBaby to promote the trucks used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

US military preparing to surge National Guard troops to Washington, DC, to fight local crime and youth violence: report

Be prepared! There will be no “MR. NICE GUY.” We want our Capital BACK,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social Sunday.

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West Virginia National Guard being sent to DC as White House escalates police takeover

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.

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DC gun permit wait slashed from months to days as Trump's crime crackdown continues

Trump's crime crackdown in Washington D.C. cuts gun permit processing time from months to just five days through streamlined concealed carry and firearm registration.

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Trump's aggressive push to take over DC policing may be a template for an approach in other cities

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

From cops to the Kennedy Center, Trump tries to transform Washington

An emboldened President Donald Trump is increasingly using his bully pulpit to stamp his imprint on Washington, DC — pushing the bounds of executive power to reshape a city that once snubbed him.