Overview

• Control of the Metropolitan Police Department returned to local leadership as the 30‑day emergency under the Home Rule Act lapsed without a congressional extension.
• The Army directed the D.C. National Guard to remain on duty through Nov. 30, and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said 150 of his state’s military police will continue presence patrols in Washington through that date.
• A House committee opened debate on 13 bills that would curb D.C.’s autonomy, including proposals to let the president appoint the city’s attorney general and to lower the age for trying juveniles as adults.
• Internal National Guard assessments leaked to reporters recorded majority negative public sentiment, references to the mission as “leveraging fear,” and reports of troop fatigue and demoralization.
• D.C. officials are suing to block what they call an unlawful military occupation as the administration highlights arrests and crime declines that critics note began before the deployment and rely on incompatible data sets.