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Bondi backs off initial order to take over D.C. police, issues new directive that keeps chief in place

The development came after Washington, D.C.'s attorney general filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's ...

AG Pam Bondi appoints emergency Washington, D.C. police chief

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced that DEA Administrator Terrence Cole will temporarily serve as the chief of ...

Trump Admin Makes Concession After Lawsuit Filed in Washington, D.C.

Earlier Friday, the nation's capital filed a lawsuit to block Republican President Donald Trump's takeover of its police department.

DC leaders push back against Bondi's order naming DEA head as 'emergency police commissioner'

The memo from Attorney General Brian Schwalb argues that Bondi’s order hours earlier naming an “emergency police commissioner” and vacating district rules limiting local police cooperation with ...

Trump backs off D.C. police takeover after court warning

A federal judge persuaded the Department of Justice to give up on Donald Trump’s effort to take over command of the Washington, D.C. police department. The court did not issue a ruling but forced an ...

Donald Trump's Move to Seize DC Metro Police Control Triggers Lawsuit

The move followed Attorney General Pam Bondi's announcement that DEA chief Terry Cole would assume the duties of police chief ...

'Brazenly unlawful': DC officials escalate fight with Trump over police takeover

Lawsuit challenges Trump's executive order federalizing D.C. police and Bondi's installation of DEA head as emergency police commissioner as unlawful.