City officials and advocates spent much of the day trying to clear the city’s dozens of homeless camps, urging people to go to shelters ahead of federal raids.
City officials and advocates spent much of the day trying to clear the city’s dozens of homeless camps, urging people to go to shelters ahead of federal raids.
Metropolitan Police Department personnel stand by as a shelter hotline van arrives near the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington on Thursday.
Federal law gives presidents the power to take over Washington’s police force after declaring an emergency, but Donald Trump is the first president to do so.
Federal law gives presidents the power to take over Washington’s police force after declaring an emergency, but Donald Trump is the first president to do so.
Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington, seemed resigned to President Trump’s announced takeover of local police, telling reporters that the city’s home rule charter gave him the right to do so.
Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington, seemed resigned to President Trump’s announced takeover of local police, telling reporters that the city’s home rule charter gave him the right to do so.
President Trump shared a photograph that appeared to show a 19-year-old software engineer shirtless and bloodied, after an attempted carjacking in the capital.
President Trump shared a photograph that appeared to show a 19-year-old software engineer shirtless and bloodied, after an attempted carjacking in the capital.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement wants to operate more like a business — like FedEx or Amazon. Brent McDonald and Campbell Robertson traveled to a small commercial airport in Alexandria, La., that has become the No. 1 ICE transit hub in the country.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement wants to operate more like a business — like FedEx or Amazon. Brent McDonald and Campbell Robertson traveled to a small commercial airport in Alexandria, La., that has become the No. 1 ICE transit hub in the country.
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