After an ex-DOGE staffer's assault, Trump threatens to federalize D.C. Can he?

Rachel Treisman

August 06, 2025 / 3:51 pm

President Trump said he is considering taking over the police force of Washington, D.C., after a former member of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was injured in an attempted carjacking over the weekend.

"He went through a bad situation to put it mildly, and there's too much of it. We're going to do something about it," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday evening. He also said, "That includes bringing in the National Guard, maybe very quickly, too."

When asked whether the administration wants to overturn D.C.'s home rule — a form of limited self-government that the city has operated under for half a century — Trump said, "We're goi

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