Overview

• The 30-day federal takeover expired without a congressional extension, and Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith regained command under a standing cooperation directive from Mayor Muriel Bowser.
• The Army ordered National Guard forces to remain in Washington through late November, with Brig. Gen. Leland D. Blanchard II saying the mission is not complete, and Ohio approved 150 Guard military police to patrol through Nov. 30.
• The House Oversight Committee advanced more than a dozen GOP bills to expand federal control, including proposals to let the president appoint D.C.’s attorney general, lower the age for juveniles to be tried as adults to 14, mandate cash bail in certain cases, and make it easier to override local laws.
• D.C. sued the administration over what it calls an illegal military occupation, and a separate federal ruling found Trump’s Los Angeles deployment violated limits on domestic military policing, though that decision is stayed on appeal.
• Internal National Guard assessments reported mostly negative public sentiment, troop fatigue and demoralization, and a focus on "beautifying" tasks, as federal officials touted thousands of arrests, gun seizures, and crime declines that local data show began before the takeover.