Trump's Takeover of Washington Law Enforcement Faces Anger, Pushback and Protests

Newsom demands information from Trump after Border Patrol swarms outside governor's news conference

Newsom has filed a Freedom of Information Act request after agents appeared outside a news conference he held in L.A. Critics say Trump uses federal law enforcement against his enemies.

Trump’s takeover of Washington law enforcement faces anger, pushback and protests

WASHINGTON -- Members of the United States National Guard stood near the Washington Monument on Saturday amid escalating tensions in the U.S. capital as President Donald Trump ramped up the presence of law enforcement in the mostly Democratic city.

DC Dems safety delusions: Letters to the Editor — Aug. 18, 2025

NY Post readers discuss Democrats’ opposition to the Trump administration’s takeover of Washington, DC, policing.

‘That’s not what creates safety’: Trump’s DC crackdown will do little to prevent crime, advocates say

Trump wants to combat crime with prosecution. Prevention workers share tactics that actually end violenceDonald Trump’s hyperbolic portrayal of crime in major American cities, and his deployment of the national guard in Washington DC ostensibly in an effort to combat it, have reignited a decades-old debate about crime, violence and which policies and approaches can address it.The US president has cited cities such as Oakland, Philadelphia and Ch…

Trump's takeover of Washington law enforcement faces anger, pushback and protests

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3 states sending hundreds more troops to U.S. capital amid Trump crackdown

Three U.S. states moved to deploy hundreds of members of their National Guard to the nation's capital as part of the Trump administration's effort to overhaul policing in Washington through a federal crackdown on crime and homelessness.