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title: "Donald Trump Has Taken Over Washington, D.C: What’s Going On?"
description: "Trump seizes control of D.C. policing and deploys the National Guard, citing crime. We unpack the legality, the numbers, and the politics—and what this crackdown means for other American cities."
url: https://fronts.co/videos/homefronts-ypvkq1yscrk.md
canonical: https://fronts.co/videos/homefronts-ypvkq1yscrk/
datePublished: 2025-08-14T18:00:34.000Z
dateModified: 2025-08-14T18:00:34.000Z
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  - name: Fronts Staff
    url: https://fronts.co/authors/fronts-team/
publisher: Fronts
type: NewsArticle
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Trump seizes control of D.C. policing and deploys the National Guard, citing crime. We unpack the legality, the numbers, and the politics—and what this crackdown means for other American cities.

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Full analysis is behind the paywall. Read the gated piece at https://fronts.co/videos/homefronts-ypvkq1yscrk/.
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