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Just a few years ago, travelers arriving by train in Washington, D.C ., were met with a jarring juxtaposition: the Capitol building — home to the nation’s most powerful lawmakers — rising in the background and a homeless encampment outside Union Station in the foreground.

While the city has removed many of the one-time sprawling encampments near its iconic landmarks and been forced to roll back several progressive policies in an effort to reduce crime, the Trump administration remains unsatisfied.

Many Washingtonians still dodge mentally ill or drug-addicted individuals on their daily commutes. Last week, one of President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers was assaulted — a "last straw" that prompt

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