Trump administration appoints DEA chief as D.C. emergency police commissioner amid crackdown
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The Trump administration has significantly increased federal control over Washington D.C. by appointing DEA head Terry Cole as 'emergency police commissioner' with police powers, while deploying National Guard troops to support law enforcement amid heightened security measures and protests, marking a major assertion of federal authority over the city.
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- Trump administration claims powers of D.C. police chief NPR
- Bondi orders DC to end sanctuary city policies and appoints DEA chief as emergency police commissioner CNN
- Bowser, D.C. attorney general reject push by Bondi to name emergency police commissioner The Washington Post
- Terry Cole, chosen to take over DC’s police force, has spent 22 years at DEA AP News
- Bondi names DEA chief D.C. "emergency police commissioner" amid Trump's crime crackdown Axios
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