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D.C. mayor calls for statehood as National Guard troops arrive in city

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser said Tuesday her district should become a state as National Guard troops arrived in the capital.

The Associated Press on MSN · 11h

The nation’s capital finds itself at the center of a Trump maelstrom as National Guard troops arrive

In Trump’s second term, backed by Republican control of both houses of Congress, Bowser has walked a public tightrope for months, emphasizing common ground with the Trump administration on issues such as the successful effort to bring the NFL’s Washington Commanders back to the District of Columbia.

BBC on MSN · 4h

National Guard troops appear in Washington DC as mayor rejects 'authoritarian push'

Officials have said that 800 National Guard troops are expected to be deployed, as well as 500 federal law enforcement agents. Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, who has denied crime is out of control in her city,

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Newsweek on MSN · 1d

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser reacts to Donald Trump deploying national guard

Muriel Bowser, mayor of Washington, D.C., says she has reached out to Attorney General Pam Bondi and hopes to hold a meeting soon.

Yahoo · 1d

Democratic mayor slams Trump takeover of city: ‘Unsettling and unprecedented’

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks as Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela A. Smith listens during a news conference on President Donald Trump's plan to place Washington police under federal control and deploy National guard troops to Washington, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

The New York Times · 1d

D.C. Mayor Calls Trump’s Police Takeover ‘Unsettling’ but Promises Cooperation

Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington, seemed resigned to President Trump’s announced takeover of local police, telling reporters that the city’s home rule charter gave him the right to do so.

DC Mayor Responds To Trump Crackdown By Calling For Statehood

Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser called for statehood for the District of Columbia Monday after President Donald Trump ...

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President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about DC echoes a history of racist narratives about urban crime

President Donald Trump has taken control of the District of Columbia’s law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to ...

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Baltimore mayor on cities called out by Trump: ‘The president could learn a lot from us’

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott accused President Trump of promoting “racist viewpoints” after Trump suggested expanding his crime crackdown to other major US cities with Black mayors, ...

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