Tensions grow as Trump and Washington, D.C. officials fight over police authority

Photo caption: Members of the District of Columbia National Guard take part in […] Photo credit: U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Jose Rolando Garcia via DVIDS. Public Domain. Article by Brian Mann. NPR – August 15, 2025.

WASHINGTON — Tension in the nation’s capital escalated Friday over the question of who controls the city’s metropolitan police department after Washington D.C.’s Attorney General filed a federal lawsuit challenging the White House’s bid for full control. “These unlawful assertions of authority will create immediate, devastating, and irreparable harms for the District,” AG Brian Schwalb said in his legal filing. […]

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