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The legality of Trump's D.C. takeover as statistics show decline in crime

By Amna Nawaz, Kayan Taraporevala, Winston Wilde, Karina Cuevas

In an unprecedented move, President Trump has taken over Washington, D.C.'s police department and activated its National Guard. The federal takeover invokes rare, but legal, presidential authorities, but local officials say he’s wrong to say that crime has spiraled out…

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Judge to hear case on whether Trump violated federal law with National Guard deployment in LA

By Janie Har, Olga R. Rodriguez, Associated Press

A federal judge will hear arguments on whether military troops deployed by the Trump administration to Los Angeles violated a federal law that bars troops from conducting law enforcement duties within the country.

Trump says he's placing Washington police under federal control and deploying the National Guard

By David Klepper, Associated Press

Trump has promised to address homelessness and crime. Trump posted online Monday the nation's capital would be "LIBERATED" and he'd end the "days of ruthlessly killing, or hurting, innocent people."…

Troops and federal agents briefly descend on Los Angeles' MacArthur Park in largely immigrant neighborhood

By Tara Copp, Christopher Weber, Associated Press

Defense officials had said about 90 members of the California National Guard and over a dozen military vehicles would help protect immigration officers as they carried out a raid in MacArthur Park.

Trump allowed to keep control of National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles by appeals court

By Associated Press

Thursday's decision halts a ruling from a lower court judge who found Trump acted illegally by activating the soldiers over opposition from California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

WATCH: Hegseth won't say whether he allowed the military to arrest, detain, use lethal force on protesters

By Hannah Grabenstein

Hegseth ultimately said the military could "if necessary, in their own self-defense they could temporarily detain" protesters to hand over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

WATCH: Federal appeals court considers Trump's deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles

By Olga R. Rodriguez, Associated Press

In his lawsuit, Gov. Gavin Newsom accused the president of inflaming tensions, breaching state sovereignty and wasting resources. The Trump administration argued the deployment was necessary to restore order and protect federal buildings and officers.

Trump must return control of California National Guard to the state, judge rules

By Olga R. Rodriguez, Associated Press

The order, which takes effect at noon Friday, said the deployment of the Guard was illegal and both violated the Tenth Amendment and exceeded Trump's statutory authority.

What U.S. law says about Trump's deployment of active duty troops to Los Angeles

By Gabrielle Lazor, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact

The standard to dispatch the military to a state is not simply in the eye of the beholder. There are limited legal circumstances in which a president is supposed to deploy the military domestically.