Watch live coverage as White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a press briefing after President Donald Trump said Monday he is placing Washington, DC’s, police department “under direct federal control” and deploying National Guard troops to the nation’s capital, citing a public safety emergency after an assault on a former government worker. National Guard troops are expected on the ground in Washington, D.C., today, a White House official told NBC News last night. For more context and news cover ...

Under the authorities vested in me as the president of the United States, I'm officially invoking section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. You know what that is. And placing the DC Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control.And you'll be meeting the people that will be directly involved with that. Uh very good people, but they're tough and uh they know what's happening. They've done it before.In addition, I'm deploying the National Guard to help reestablish law, order, and pub ...

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