Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a directive issued Thursday evening that DEA boss Terry Cole will assume “powers and duties vested in the District of Columbia Chief of Police.” The Metropolitan Police Department “must receive approval from Commissioner Cole” before issuing any orders,

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

He’s spent more than 31 years as a law enforcement officer, including 22 at the DEA. At the agency, he worked in Oklahoma, New York and Washington. He spent time overseas in Colombia, Afghanistan and the Middle East. The agency said he fought drug cartels and transnational criminal organizations.

Trump says grass across DC's parks needs replaced, vowing not only to tackle crime in the nation's capital but to make D.C. "so beautiful again."

Protesters confronted police officers at a checkpoint on 14th Street Northwest in Washington D.C., yelling 'get off our streets' following Trump's federal takeover.

The White House says Attorney General Pam Bondi is effectively in charge of Washington D.C.’s police department.