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DC's mayor on Martha's Vineyard trip

DC Mayor Bowser walks delicate line with Trump, reflecting the city’s precarious position

This time around, Bowser took a different tact from the start. She flew to Florida to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago after he won the election and has worked to avoid conflict and downplay points of contention, including tearing up the “Black Lives Matter” letters after he returned to Washington in response to pressure from Republicans in Congress.

Fox News on MSN · 4h

DC mayor travels to Martha's Vineyard amid Trump's federalized crime crackdown of city

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser traveled to Martha's Vineyard for a family commitment after President Donald Trump federalized the city's police.

AOL · 2h

Mayor Bowser Skips Town For Martha’s Vineyard While Trump Cleans Up DC

Democratic Washington, D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has left the district for Martha’s Vineyard as President Donald Trump deploys the National Guard to restore law and order in the nation’s capital, Scripps News reported.

National Guard troops part of surge of forces in DC

Associated Press News · 1d

Trump’s takeover of Washington law enforcement begins as National Guard troops arrive

Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by the Trump administration to assist with law enforcement have begun arriving in Washington, D.C.

ABC News on MSN · 1d

National Guard troops part of surge of forces in DC: White House official

On Tuesday night, more than 1,450 federal law enforcement officers and National Guard members patrolled Washington, according to a White House official. Forces made 43 arrests on Tuesday night -- nearly twice the amount they made Monday night.

CNN · 1d

August 12, 2025: National Guard appears in DC after Trump surges federal authorities

The National Guard began to appear in Washington, DC, tonight, a day after President Donald Trump placed the nation’s capital’s police department “under direct federal control.”

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All eyes on Washington, and naught but deafening silence from the District's loudest defender

Once a fiery, unyielding voice for the nation's capital, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., is now largely silent as Washington faces its gravest self-rule test in decades.

The Dispatch on MSN18h

Federal Jurisdiction Over the District of Columbia, Explained

P resident Donald Trump became the first president to invoke the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to take temporary control over law enforcement in Washington, D.C., citing high crime levels that ...

How Can the Government ‘Take Back’ a City It Largely Controls?

President Trump and his allies have berated Washington, D.C., officials. Yet the federal government has often made it harder ...

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Trump takes over MPD, claiming crime in District of Columbia is ‘out of control’

President Trump said he would take over Washington, D.C.’s police force and deploy National Guard troops to fight crime and ...

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Mayors of Democratic cities respond to Trump's threats they could be next after D.C.

When Trump announced his law enforcement actions in D.C., he also singled out a slew of other Democratic cities. The mayors ...

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Federal becomes local: The nation's capital finds itself at the center of a Donald Trump maelstrom

The questions came fast to the mayor of the nation's capital, many of them designed to get her to say something harsh about ...

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott Fires Back At Trump’s Attack On Black Cities Amid D.C. Federal Takeover

It’s very notable that each and every one of the cities called out by the president has a Black mayor,” Scott said on CNN ...

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D.C. to see more federal troops as Trump pushes to extend emergency

The on-the-ground impact of Trump’s federal actions came into view Tuesday night, with National Guard Humvees staged near the Washington Monument.

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