House Republicans took up a slate of bills on Wednesday aimed at overhauling Washington, D.C.’s criminal justice system and reduce the autonomy of the local government, coming as President Trump’s takeover of the local police department expires at the end of the day.

The action amounts to Republicans’ way of carrying on Trump’s crusade against crime in the nation’s capital even as Congress declines to vote on extending his emergency authority over the city’s police force, which is limited to 30 days without congressional action.

While the takeover of the police department will expire, however, the White House has given no indication that the crackdown and troops patrolling the streets of the nation’s capital will end anytime soon.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said this week that extensi

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