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A House Republican wants to allow President Donald Trump to extend his takeover of Washington, D.C.’s police force for as long as he wants.

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., is working on a resolution that would rewrite the Home Rule Act, the law that Trump is using to take control of the district’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), and do away with barriers that limit just how long the president can oversee the local police agency.

Ogles charged that "the only way to save it is to federalize the District."

"President Trump has already stepped up — using the emergency powers granted under the D.C. Home Rule Act — but the 30-day limit in current law is nowhere near enough to undo the chaos Democrats have unleashed," he told Fo

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