Federal court dispute ends with compromise allowing Trump administration police control while blocking DEA chief appointment and maintaining local police leadership structure.

DEA Administrator Terry Cole was given all the powers of the D.C. police chief under a directive issued by Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Note: This segment was recorded on Friday, August 15, 2025. Washington (DC News Now) — In an unprecedented move, President ...

The Trump administration has rescinded an order that stripped Washington, D.C.’s police chief of authority, less than a day after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued it. As part of a Friday ...

The order effectively strips the Metropolitan Police Department commissioner of any authority days after Trump launched a ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a directive issued Thursday evening that DEA boss Terry Cole will assume “powers and ...

In the nation’s capital, a conflict over who controls the city is escalating. On Thursday, Attorney General Pam Bondi ...

Officials in Washington, D.C., claimed victory Friday after a judge blocked the Trump administration from appointing a ...

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit Friday against the Trump administration over its moves to take over the city’s police department and appoint an emergency commission ...

Bondi designated Terry Cole, who is primarily the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, as the city's “emergency ...

Under the accord presented by the two sides to U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, Trump administration lawyers conceded that D.C.

Under the agreement, Washington DC’s Metropolitan Police will go back under the chairmanship of Pamela Smith, effectively ...