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Time has run out by law Trump's emergency decree ends in Washington DC.

Trump's control of the D.C. police is due to expire tonight. Then what?

NPR News

By Rachel Treisman

September 9, 2025

President Trump's takeover of local D.C. police is set to expire Wednesday, even as other forms of federal control continue.

On Aug. 11, Trump declared a "crime emergency" in the District of Columbia, using his authority under the 1973 Home Rule Act to activate the D.C. National Guard and take control of the district's Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

But the Home Rule Act limits that power, which is meant to be used for emergencies. He can do so for only 30 days, at which point the House and the Senate would need to authorize an extension. Congress has so far not indicated that it plans to do so.

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As for D.C.'s National Guard, Brig. Gen. Leland D. Blanchard II, confirmed last week that its deployment has been extended through at least Nov. 30. It is not clear how long troops from National Guards from several Republican states will remain in the district.

Bowser issued an order last week to ensure — "during and after the Presidential emergency" — continued cooperation between the city and federal law enforcement. She stressed that it is not an extension of the "Trump emergency" but rather a framework for how to get out of it after Sept. 10.

So she is saying it will take 3 months to pull out the troops!

What is happening is that like LA the military is becoming an occupying force in Washington DC... just like Israeli troops occupying Gaza.

The Democrats want to cutback on the emergency powers act while the Republicans want to expand it!

In August, Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Eleanor Holmes Norton — D.C.'s nonvoting delegate to the House — reintroduced legislation that would grant D.C. full control over its police and National Guard.

But many Republicans say the opposite: Two Republican lawmakers introduced bills this year to repeal home rule, while Trump said in August that "we're going to look at that."

The Republicans motto was "Get the government off your back" well what we got instead was the government in your face with a bayonet!

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So for now DC has an occupying force there, NBC News said,

“I think anytime that you are going to get a large group of people together, they're going to be away from their home or get out of their routine, there's always going to be some challenges, but we work really hard as leaders to be as engaged as possible, address those concerns early,” he said. “I think what I see on the ground with our soldiers and airmen is a different story. I think there's a lot of pride in the opportunity to be a part of their community and serve this way.”

There are more than 2,300 National Guard troops from the District and eight states patrolling D.C. streets. The White House has not said when the deployment will end, but benefits for deployed troops have been authorized through November.

Welcome to Trump's Gaza.