U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced that DEA Administrator Terrence Cole will temporarily serve as the chief of Washington, D.C.'s police department.

The Trump administration, stepping up its crackdown on policing in the nation's capital, on Thursday named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to be Washington's “emergency police commissioner" with all the powers of the police chief — a significant move that increases national control over the city as part of the

Leading authorities in Washington, D.C, on Thursday rebuffed attempts by the Trump administration to further federalize the district’s law enforcement by appointing an “emergency police commissioner.” Amid President Donald Trump’s push to reduce crime in the district by sidelining its prized home rule status,

The Trump administration further cemented its takeover of Washington, D.C., law enforcement with Attorney General Pam Bondi stripping decision-making authority from its police chief and naming Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Terry Cole as emergency police commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Department.