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DOJ backs off attempt to install emergency DC police chief

New order will have DEA head serve as the designee of the attorney general for the purposes of requesting service.

Trump admin live updates: DC police chief blasts Bondi's 'dangerous' directive

Also, Washington officials are reacting to Attorney General Pam Bondi's order Thursday evening designating the head of the ...

DOJ has until 6:30 p.m. to rewrite order on how it directs DC police

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit Friday against the Trump administration over its moves to take over the city’s police department and appoint an emergency commission ...

DC police chief calls Trump move to install DEA head ‘threat to law and order’

Chief Pamela Smith pushed back Friday morning on Attorney General Pam Bondi’s move to install the Drug Enforcement ...

Trump’s ‘safe and beautiful’ move against DC homeless camps looks like ugliness to those targeted

Back in early spring, Trump’s efforts upended the U.S. Institute of Peace, among other institutions and departments. On ...

Trump’s DC police takeover was fueled by attack on former DOGE staffer and his own observations of homelessness, allies say

Trump has long focused on crime and cleanliness in DC and other cities, sparring periodically with Democratic mayors during ...

DOJ Takes Official Control Over DC Police, Cancels Order Limiting Immigration Enforcement

Attorney General Pam Bondi rolled back several policies that previously curtailed officers’ ability to work with federal ...

Terry Cole, chosen to take over DC’s police force, has spent 22 years at DEA

He’s spent more than 31 years as a law enforcement officer, including 22 at the DEA. At the agency, he worked in Oklahoma, ...