President Trump announces plan to stop violent crime in Washington, DC – August 11, 2025 On Monday, President Trump announced that he is invoking Section 740 of the DC Home Rule Act to place Washington, DC’s Metropolitan Police Department under “direct federal control” and authorizing the Secretary of Defense to deploy National Guard troops in Washington, DC. Section 740 of the DC Home Rule Act allows the President to take control of the Metropolitan Police Department under “special conditions of an emergency nature.” Although some on the left are complaining about Trump’s promise to Make DC Safe Again, the efforts are already yielding results. FBI Director Kash Patel announced that 45 arrests have already been made, with 16 of them tied to the violent crime…
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