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WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 27: Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a news conference on August 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. Mayor Bowser held a news conference to give an update more than two weeks after the Trump administration deployed federal officers and the National Guard to the District in order to place the DC Metropolitan Police Department under federal control and assist in crime prevention in the nation's capital. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Mayor Bowser admits Trump’s D.C. crime crackdown ‘Has worked’ after initially pushing back

After previously criticizing President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has since changed her stance, praising the federal operation for the reduction in homicides, carjackings, and gun crimes.

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 21: U.S. President Donald Trump visits the U.S. Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility on August 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Trump administration has deployed federal officers and the National Guard to the District in order to place the DC Metropolitan Police Department under federal control and assist in crime prevention in the nation's capital. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Hegseth authorizes National Guard to bear arms in D.C.

United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed an order authorizing the National Guard troops currently patrolling Washington, D.C., to carry weapons if necessary, according to a source familiar with the matter.

A woman packs her belongings before members of the US National Park Service clear a homeless encampment from McPherson Square two blocks from the White House in Washington, DC on February 15, 2023. - Some 56 people live in the federal park, which is being cleared ahead of the initial April schedule due to safety concerns. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump gives ultimatum to D.C. homeless population: Accept treatment or face jail

The White House has announced that homeless individuals living in Washington, D.C., will be jailed if they refuse admission into a homeless shelter.

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 15: The Lincoln Memorial is seen on an overcast President's Day, February 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. President's Day was first observed in 1796 in recognition of George Washington's birthday, the first President of the United States, which is February 22nd but it was eventually proposed to honor both Washington and President Abraham Lincoln, who was born on February 12th, into one federally recognized holiday on the first Monday in February in 1971. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Lincoln Memorial Stairsteps Vandalized With Graffiti That Reads ‘Free Gaza’

Following vandals’ Wednesday morning splattering of red paint on the ground and a scribbled message that read “Free Gaza,” the National Park Service is now in the process of cleaning the Lincoln Memorial’s stairs.