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D.C. Regains Police Control as Guard Stays Through November and House GOP Advances New Powers

House Republicans advanced legislation to lock in expanded federal authority over the capital after the emergency order lapsed.

Armed members of the National Guard from multiple states patrol The Wharf in Washington D.C. on orders from Pres. Donald Trump.
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Overview

  • President Donald Trump’s 30-day federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department expired at midnight, returning command to Chief Pamela Smith and city leaders.
  • The Army ordered National Guard forces to remain in Washington through the end of November, with Ohio confirming 150 military police on patrol through Nov. 30.
  • The House Oversight Committee advanced 13 GOP bills to expand federal control over D.C., including proposals to let the president appoint the city’s attorney general, lower the age for juveniles to be tried as adults, tighten bail, and ease congressional overrides of local laws.
  • D.C. officials are suing to block the deployment they call a military occupation, and a separate federal ruling found Trump’s Los Angeles mobilization illegal for law-enforcement use, though that decision is stayed on appeal.
  • Internal National Guard assessments report public sentiment as largely negative and note troop fatigue and ‘shame,’ even as the administration highlights arrests and gun seizures and local data show crime declines that began before the takeover.