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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 Administration. In an interview on Fox News, Bondi previewed an order by the Justice Department …

About 70 homeless encampments in the nation’s capital have been taken down in recent months, but those efforts intensified this week after President Donald Trump deployed members of the National Guard to address what he said was a city “overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild …

The teacher accused of fatally stabbing an Arkansas couple while they were hiking with two of their daughters pleaded not guilty to two capital murder charges on Thursday. Andrew James McGann, a 28-year-old elementary school teacher, was arrested last month, accused of stabbing Clinton David Brink, 43, and Cristen Amanda …

Some experts say his interventionist approach to the affairs of investor-owned corporations represents something new — at least in American government, though academics say it has echoes in approaches seen in China, post-war Europe and Singapore. “In a U.S. context, it’s unprecedented in modern history,” said Ryan Bourne, a chair …

A man accused of throwing a sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in Washington, D.C., was charged Wednesday with felony assault of a federal officer. On Sunday night, Sean Charles Dunn stood close to a CBP agent who was on duty patrolling the area at the time, …

The Trump administration’s expanded ban on immigrants’ access to social services, such as Head Start and Meals on Wheels, could have a “devastating” impact on children of immigrants, including U.S. citizens, hundreds of opponents told the federal government Wednesday. A total of 372 organizations have coalesced to oppose the administration’s …

A Wisconsin woman who spent five years on the run after being recruited by her “long-distance lover” to kill a man in the United Kingdom was found guilty Tuesday, British authorities said. Aimee Betro, 45, was convicted of conspiracy to murder and possession of a firearm with intent to cause …

It was once an issue that made voters’ eyes glaze over. But in the last several weeks, the once-arcane subject of redistricting — underpinned by Texas Democrats’ extraordinary exodus from their state to block Republican plans to redraw maps — has transformed into the burning hot center of Democratic politics. …

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday hinted that ceasefire efforts in Gaza are now focused on a comprehensive deal that would release the remaining hostages all at once, rather than in phases. Arab officials told The Associated Press last week that mediators Egypt and Qatar were preparing …

Anna “Delvey” Sorokin says she’s received hundreds of death threats in the days since she was accused of dumping pet rabbits she posed with for a photoshoot in a Brooklyn park. The fake German heiress who stole tens of thousands of dollars from banks posed alongside three bunnies on the …