U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press about deploying federal law enforcement agents in Washington to bolster the local police presence, in the Press Briefing Room at the White House, in Washington D.C., U.S., August 11, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Monday announced he is invoking the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to place the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control, a rare and controversial move.

Trump also said he is also deploying National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., to "re-establish law, order, and public safety," declaring that they will be allowed to do their job properly.

(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose in Washington; )