August 15, 2025
Trump invoked an emergency provision of the DC Home Rule Act on August 11, 2025, to strip Mayor Muriel Bowser's government of control over the city's 3,800-officer police force — even as violent crime sat at its lowest level in three decades.
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Who did Attorney General Pam Bondi name as D.C.'s "emergency police commissioner"?
Did violent crime in Washington, D.C. reach historic highs when President Trump invoked Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act of 1973 to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department and deploy National Guard troops on August 11, 2025?
Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the U.S. Constitution (Ratified 1789), which body holds exclusive legislative jurisdiction over the District of Columbia?
How much has violent crime changed in Washington D.C. in 2025?
In the November 2024 presidential election, what share of Washington DC votes went to candidates other than Donald Trump?
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