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Pam Bondi names DEA administrator as 'emergency' DC police chief

Pam Bondi names DEA administrator as 'emergency' DC police chief
nation8/15/2025

The order effectively strips the Metropolitan Police Department commissioner of any authority days after Trump launched a federal crackdown on crime in the city.

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Pam Bondi further cemented the Trump administration's takeover of D.C. law enforcement Thursday by shifting decision-making authority from its police chief and handing it to the head of the Drug Enforcement Administratio... [2369 chars]