By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, ASHRAF KHALIL and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s capital challenged President Donald Trump’s takeover of its police department in court on Friday, hours after his administration stepped up its crackdown on policing by naming a federal official as the new emergency head of the department , with all the powers of a police chief.

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