Browsing: invokes Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule Act—a rarely used law that exists only because the District lacks statehood.

BLACKPRESSUSA—Donald Trump has taken direct control of D.C.’s police force, stripping authority from Mayor Muriel Bowser and placing it under Attorney General Tom Cotton. The unprecedented move—possible only because D.C. lacks statehood—shifts policing power to the federal government, raising fears of aggressive tactics and sidelining local priorities in the majority-Black city.