"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."
"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. "I want the message to be clear to the Congress: We have a framework to request or use federal resources in our city,""
On Aug. 11, President Trump invoked the 1973 Home Rule Act to declare a 30-day "crime emergency" in the District of Columbia, activating the D.C. National Guard and assuming control of the Metropolitan Police Department. The Home Rule Act limits such federal control to 30 days unless Congress authorizes an extension, which has not been signaled. Trump has recently praised Mayor Muriel Bowser for cooperation and credited falling crime. Bowser credited federal intervention for accelerating declines but warned that continued immigration agents and National Guard deployments without time limits "is not working." Bowser issued an order to formalize post-emergency federal-city cooperation without extending the presidential emergency.
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