Donald Trump says he will ask Congress to extend limit on control of Washington DC police – US politics live | Washington DC

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We start with news Donald Trump said Congress would ask for a “long -term” control of the Washington DC Police Department on Wednesday and other democratic -led cities to change their laws in response to the deployment of national guard troops and federal agents.

The comments of the president came as part of a “criminal crisis” campaign that Trump said that Trump’s city leaders did not exist.

At the beginning of this week, Trump launched an unused article of the law, which directed the governance structure of the federal region to seize the temporary control of the police department, but would need the Congress’s permitted permission to go beyond 30 days.

This New York Times Last night, protesters reported that they gathered around law enforcement officers, including internal security agencies, including an internal security agencies who set up a police checkpoint in the intense U Street corridor in Northwest Washington.

The crowds told the drivers to move away from the control point on the 14th street and said that they could be stopped for reasons, including not wearing a seat belt or broken back lamps. The checkpoint was closed just before 23:00.

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In other developments:

• Trump promised ‘very violent results’ Vladimir Putin He does not agree to hold a ceasefire at Friday meetings in Alaska. However, he did not explain what these penalties would be.

• Trump attended a virtual meeting Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders in front of the summit in Alaska Putin, which the German Chancellor describes as “constructive .. Zelenskyy said Trump would call him right after the meeting. Putin.

• Trump in Kennedy Center announced that it will host this year’s honor.

• Governor of California Gavin NewsomHe used the president’s strange writing style to introduce a news conference on the conference of the President of the President of Texas Gerrymandering, which began to trol on social media.

• White House announced Trump canceled an execution order given by his predecessor, Joe BidenThis made a government policy to encourage competition in the US economy. Unlike most of Trump’s orders, 72 Federal attempts to combat corporate monopolies and aid workers and consumers were released without any promotion.

• Trump’s choice of leading the work statistics office, EJ AntoniOn January 6, 2021, he was in the crowd outside Capitol, and Trump fans rebelled in an unsuccessful effort to keep him on duty.