After a judge threatened to block an order federalizing Washington’s police, the Justice Department issued a new directive leaving the city’s police chief in charge, for now.

Attorney General Pam Bondi, in a new memo, directed the District’s police to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement “notwithstanding” city law.

Federal troops are patrolling the National Mall and neighborhoods across Washington while President Donald Trump's administration exerts extraordinary power over law enforcement in the nation's capital.

When President Trump announced his crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C., the local U.S. Attorney said she wanted to focus on juveniles. But experts say harsher punishments don't deter criminals.

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.

Washington D.C. sued Donald Trump on Friday over his attempted takeover of the U.S. capital city's police force, escalating a power struggle between the U.S. president and the city's leadership. Distr

At WSU, Jenkins took over a department that was dealing with the aftermath of investigations into a past employee accused of having sexual relations with multiple people on campus while on duty. Three administrators, including Chief of Police Bill Gardner, chose to retire as a result, according to previous Moscow-Pullman Daily News reporting.

Less than 12 hours after the Trump administration seemingly replaced Washington, D.C.’s, police chief with a federal officer, the District is headed to federal court to block the move. D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit against the federal government Friday,

Under the accord presented by the two sides to U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, Trump administration lawyers conceded that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's appointed police chief, Pamela Smith, would remain in command of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department.