As National Guard troops deploy across her city as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to clamp down on crime, D.C.

Congress is preparing for a pitched fight over Washington, D.C., crime as President Donald Trump pursues a federal takeover of the district. When lawmakers return in September, they could have on their hands a pair of requests to expand the president’s federal crackdown on carjackings and other acts of violence in the District of Columbia.

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an order rescinding sanctuary city policies in Washington, D.C. and naming an "emergency police commissioner."

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday evening directed the Washington, DC, mayor and police department to end the capital’s sanctuary city policies and formalized the federal government’s control of DC police.

Bondi ordered D.C. officials to end sanctuary city policies and place Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Terrence C. Cole in charge of the Metropolitan Police to combat rising violent crime and restore public safety.

Washington, DC, Police Chief Pamela Smith signed an executive order Thursday allowing DC police officers to share information about people not in their custody with federal immigration enforcement agencies such as ICE — as President Donald Trump continues his federal takeover of law enforcement in the nation’s capital and crackdown on illegal immigration.

The Washington, D.C., police chief ordered more cooperation between her officers and federal immigration officials as President Donald Trump’s law enforcement takeover of the nation’s capital took root Thursday.

The police chief of Washington, D.C., has ordered an increased in cooperation between local officers and federal immigration agents. It's a development that ramps up the stakes in an already