The White House announced an increased presence of federal law enforcement in the nation's capital to combat crime for at least the next week, amid President Donald Trump's suggestions that his administration could fully take over running the city.

The White House has announced an increased federal law enforcement presence in Washington, D WASHINGTON — The White House said Thursday night that there will be increased presence of federal law enforcement in the nation’s capital to combat crime for at least the next week,

The White House announced on Thursday that it will use federal law enforcement officers to help police Washington D.C. The move comes one day after President Donald Trump threatened to take over the city’s police force in response to an attempted hijacking that left one Trump administration staffer injured.

Vice President Kamala Harris has increased her average polling lead over former President Donald Trump across multiple aggregation sites. On Tuesday, Newsweek reported on how Harris had overtaken her Republican rival in the two weeks since President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race.

Now that the dust has started to settle, Vice President Kamala Harris’ so-called “honeymoon” in the polls shows no signs of stopping as a fresh batch of surveys and analysis show her in a nail-biter against former President Donald Trump.