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Congressional Democrats Move to End Trump’s Control of D.C. Police

The legislation has little chance of success, given that Republicans control Congress.

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Officers with the Department of Homeland Security and Washington Metropolitan Police Department at a traffic checkpoint Wednesday in Washington.
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D.C. Mayor Calls Trump’s Police Takeover ‘Unsettling’ but Promises Cooperation

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.

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Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington, D.C., during a Monday news conference.
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