D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser left the District for Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday after President Donald Trump federalized the police department, sources told News4.

A spokesperson for the mayor she a family obligation, had to pick up her daughter and will return on Friday.

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Trump's decision to take over the Metropolitan Police Department for at least 30 days was met with ire from Bowser and other city leaders. "We're not some hellscape," Bowser told News4 Tuesday . The president said District residents would be "liberated" from crime under his administration's watch.

Crime data show large declines in violent crime — dropping to a 30-year low after a jump two years prior. In 2023, D.C. saw a crime spike we had not seen

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