WASHINGTON — DC Ward 1 Councilmember Brianne Nadeau is inviting neighbors to discuss recent federal actions by the President Donald Trump administration. The townhall meeting is scheduled for Monday at 7 p.m. on Zoom. You can sign up here .

On Aug. 11, Trump announced he was invoking section 740 of the Home Rule Act , the law that gives D.C. self-governance, to take emergency control of Metropolitan Police Department. The federalization can last up to 30 days and could be extended with permission from Congress. He also deployed the National Guard to D.C. Since Aug. 7, agents from the FBI, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and Border Patrol have also been patrolling D.C.'s streets at the president's order.

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