Attorney General Pam Bondi has named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Terry Cole, as Washington’s “emergency police commissioner,” saying she is granting him the powers of the police chief amid the federal takeover.

The Metropolitan Police Department “must receive approval from Commissioner Cole” before issuing any orders, Bondi said in her Thursday evening directive.

Following President Donald Trump’s unprecedented announcement that his administration would take over the Washington police department and dispatch the National Guard for at least a month, the White House announced there would be a round-the-clock presence of local and federal law enforcement officers.

The White House said there were 45 arrests in the city Wednesday night, including 29 arrests of peo

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