WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order aimed at ending cashless bail in New York State and other jurisdictions by threatening to withhold federal funds if states and cities do not change their policies.

The executive order comes as Trump looks to ramp up the role of the federal government in local law enforcement, including deploying more than 2,000 U.S. Army National Guard troops this month to patrol the nation’s Capitol, taking over the day-to-day operations of the local District of Columbia Police Department, and now asserting he will deploy the National Guard to Chicago to combat crime.

Trump’s executive order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to provide Trump with a list within 30-days of jurisdictions she believes "substantially eliminated cash b

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