Also, Washington officials are reacting to Attorney General Pam Bondi's order Thursday evening designating the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration Terry Cole as "Emergency Police Commissioner" -- a role that would have him assuming assuming "all the powers and duties" vested in the Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith.

The Trump administration, stepping up its crackdown on policing in the nation's capital, on Thursday named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to be Washington's “emergency police commissioner" with all the powers of the police chief — a significant move that increases national control over the city as part of the