The Justice Department reached an agreement on Friday with Washington authorities over control of the US capital's police department after President Donald Trump placed it under federal government control to tackle violent crime.

The deal was hammered out at a federal court hearing held after the District's attorney general sued the Trump administration over what he called a "hostile takeover" of the city's police force.

Trump placed Washington's Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) under federal control on Monday and ordered the deployment of 800 National Guard troops onto the streets of the capital.

Trump's attorney general, Pam Bondi, then issued an order on Thursday to install a hand-picked official -- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) chief Terry Cole -- as "emergency" police c

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