The Republican governors of West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio announced Saturday they will send National Guard troops to Washington, DC, in an escalation of President Donald Trump’s efforts to federally take over law enforcement in the city.

The White House has backed off plans for a full takeover of the D.C. police force and will allow for the city’s police chief to remain in charge after a judge indicated they would block the move.

Washington, D.C.’s attorney general calls administration’s actions ‘gravest threat’ to district’s self-governance

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a new order Friday giving control of Washington, DC’s Metropolitan Police Department back to Chief Pamela Smith, but would still require the city to answer to the Trump administration for the time being.

A crowd of protesters marched from Washington, D.C.’s, Dupont Circle to the front of the White House on Saturday, as part of a nationwide protest against President Donald Trump’s orders to federalize the D.

D.C. District judge Ana Reyes has scheduled an emergency hearing for 2 p.m. Friday on D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb's request for a restraining order against U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's directive assuming control over the Metropolitan Police Department.

Attorney General Pam Bondi, in a new memo, directed the District’s police to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement “notwithstanding” city law.

Morrisey said the deployment includes hundreds of “skilled personnel” at the request of the Trump administration.

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes refused to block Trump's takeover of DC police but said federal changes in policing must go through the mayor.

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an order rescinding sanctuary city policies in Washington, D.C. and naming an "emergency police commissioner."