National Guard, Union Station and DC
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Trump's federal takeover of D.C. police sparks political controversy as Democrats call it overreach while White House defends crime reduction efforts.
At least two groups of National Guard members were standing near Humvees outside the city’s main train station as taxis and other vehicles drove by on Wednesday.
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Trump’s aggressive push to take over DC policing may be a template for an approach in other cities
The left sees President Donald Trump’s attempted takeover of law enforcement in Washington as part of multifront march to autocracy.
Outside the busiest train station in Washington, newly deployed National Guard troops wearing camouflage lean on a huge military Humvee.
The US President had said the capital is overrun by crime and plagued by homeless people. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The showdown in Washington is the latest attempt by Trump to test the boundaries of his legal authority to carry out his tough-on-crime agenda, relying on obscure statutes and a supposed state of emergency to speed up the mass deportation of people in the United States illegally.
Trump said he was going to “look at” taking action in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles because of their crime rates when he announced his plans to take control of DC’s police department this week.
Republican strategist Doug Heye snapped back at former Hillary Clinton spokesperson Karen Finney on Tuesday after she asked how long ago he was mugged in Washington, D. C.