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Elected Democrats at every level of government are watching the Trump administration’s moves to police the District of Columbia closely, worrying that the president’s efforts to exert more power will reach their cities next.

President Donald Trump on Monday announced that he put the city’s police department under federal control and activated the National Guard to patrol the city, evoking another instance from earlier this year that pu

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