After an ex-DOGE staffer's assault, Trump threatens to federalize D.C. Can he?

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President Donald Trump is pictured walking to Marine One to depart the White House in May, with the Washington Monument in the background.

Trump told reporters on Wednesday evening that he is considering taking over the D.C. police force and sending in the National Guard after a former DOGE staffer was hurt in an attempted carjacking.

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