In a strongly worded letter, the country’s chief law enforcement officer gave the governor an Aug. 19 deadline to respond.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser pushed back on the order, saying "there is no statute that conveys the District’s personnel authority to a federal official."

As of Friday, it is unclear what General Attorney Pam Bondi's decision to appoint Terry Cole, head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, as Washington’s emergency police commissioner means for the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department,

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday evening issued an additional order that directs the District of Columbia’s police force to completely cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Under Bondi’s latest directive,

The development came after Washington, D.C.'s attorney general filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a directive issued Thursday evening that DEA boss Terry Cole will assume “powers and duties vested in the District of Columbia Chief of Police.” The Metropolitan Police Department “must receive approval from Commissioner Cole” before issuing any orders,

Attorney General Pam Bondi declared on Thursday an end to Washington, D.C.’s sanctuary city era and ordered the immediate dismantling of policies that protect criminal aliens from federal immigration enforcement.

Multiple leaders from Oregon and Washington received letters from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Aug. 14 after she called out the sanctuary jurisdictions on X. The