By JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press

Federal troops are patrolling the National Mall and neighborhoods across Washington in President Donald Trump’s extraordinary takeover of the police department in the nation’s capital.

Now the Trump administration is moving to install its own emergency police commissioner, a big step forward in one of the most sweeping uses of federal authority over a local government in modern times. • District of Columbia National Guard soldiers keep watch as travelers arrive at Union Station near the Capitol, Thursday, Aug 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) • A homeless encampment is seen near the Lincoln Memorial as President Donald Trump uses federal law enforcement and the National Guard eliminate violent crime and unhoused people from the nation’

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