President Donald Trump's emergency order over Washington, D.C., which federalized its police force and launched a surge of law enforcement into the city, is set to expire overnight Wednesday after Congress failed to extend it.

But the clash between Republicans and the District over its autonomy is expected to intensify, with a House committee beginning to debate 13 bills that would wrest away even more of the city’s control if approved. One bill would make the D.C. attorney general appointed by the president and not elected by residents.

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Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office said the order expires at midnight. The National Guard and some other federal agencies will continue their deployment and it's not clear when that might e

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