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Terry Cole, chosen to take over DC's police force, has spent 22 years at DEA 08/15/2025 12:32am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Terry Cole, as Washington���s ���emergency police commissioner��� as she carries out President Donald Trump's unprecedented decision to take over the Washington police department. Bondi DC attorney general tells police chief that Bondi���s order taking her power is unlawful, as mayor resists Trump takeover 08/14/2025 11:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� DC attorney general tells police chief that Bondi���s order taking her power is unlawful, as mayor resists Trump takeover. Greece, Spain and Portugal race to contain wildfires as EU steps up cross-border help 08/14/2025 11:34pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Fire crews in Greece, Spain and Portugal raced to contain wildfires on Thursday, taking advantage of calmer winds that slowed the blazes even as much of southern Europe remained at high risk under hot, dry conditions. A drop in wind speeds allowed firefighting aircraft in the The Latest: Bondi names DEA head ���emergency police commissioner��� amid Trump���s takeover of DC police 08/14/2025 10:05pm • Attorney General Pam Bondi has named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Terry Cole, as Washington���s ���emergency police commissioner,��� saying she is granting him the powers of the police chief amid the federal takeover. The Metropolitan Police Department ���must receive approval fr Putin praises Trump's efforts to end Ukraine war ahead of Friday summit in Alaska 08/14/2025 09:50pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised U.S. President Donald Trump���s efforts to end the war in Ukraine, more than three years after Moscow launched its invasion, as the two leaders prepared for a pivotal U.S.���Russia summit Friday in Alaska. Following a meeting Thurs Bondi names DEA head as DC's 'emergency police commissioner,' granting him powers of police chief amid takeover 08/14/2025 09:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Bondi names DEA head as DC's 'emergency police commissioner,' granting him powers of police chief amid takeover. 'These are human beings': Religious leaders criticize President Trump's grim portrayal of DC 08/14/2025 08:45pm • After President Donald Trump declared D.C. was plagued with "bloodshed, bedlam and squalor," the National Cathedral issued a statement saying his language increases the risk of "indiscriminate arrests and the use of excessive force." The message, entitled "Fear is not a Strategy for Safety," was In Washington police takeover, federal agents and National Guard take on new tasks 08/14/2025 08:18pm • They typically investigate drug lords, weapons traffickers or cyber criminals. This week, though, federal agents are fanning out across the nation's capital as part of President Donald Trump���s efforts to clamp down on crime in the city. The sometimes-masked agents joined members of the National G Upgraded charges filed against Minnesota man accused of killing lawmaker, wounding another 08/14/2025 08:09pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� A Minnesota man accused of killing a top Democratic state lawmaker and wounding another while pretending to be a police officer is now facing new and upgraded state charges under a fresh indictment announced Thursday, just a week after he pleaded not guilty in federal court. Van Blackwater founder to deploy nearly 200 personnel to Haiti as gang violence soars 08/14/2025 07:43pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� The security firm of former U.S. Navy Seal Erik Prince will soon deploy nearly 200 personnel from various countries to Haiti as part of a one-year deal to quell gang violence there, a person with knowledge of the plans said Thursday. The deployment by Vectus Global is Md. gov. calls Trump a 'chicken hawk' in use of National Guard, while Va. gov. says it will make DC safer 08/14/2025 07:00pm • The governors of the two states that share borders with D.C. are sharing starkly different opinions on President Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard and federal agents to the nation's capital, with Maryland's governor calling the president a "chicken hawk" and Virginia's saying it wi Is the extra law enforcement presence in DC working? 08/14/2025 06:28pm • President Donald Trump's administration has released data detailing arrests in D.C., and it's ramped up the number of National Guard troops and federal agents lining city streets, but it's still unclear whether that effort will be effective. It���s been three days since Trump took control of the DC's homeless pack up as sweeps are expected. What we know about Trump's plan to clear encampments 08/14/2025 05:52pm • Some of the District of Columbia���s homeless residents were packing their belongings Thursday before expected sweeps to clear out remaining encampments around the nation's capital, part of President Donald Trump's federal takeover of policing in the city. Trump said this week that homeless people Prosecutors decline to pursue battery and domestic violence case against Browns rookie Judkins 08/14/2025 05:10pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� Prosecutors in Broward County have declined to pursue a case against Cleveland Browns rookie running back Quinshon Judkins, who was arrested last month on charges of misdemeanor battery and domestic violence. Judkins was arrested on July 14 by Fort Lauderdale police af Pam Bondi fires Justice Department employee accused of throwing sandwich at federal agent 08/14/2025 04:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A man charged with a felony for hurling a sandwich at a federal law-enforcement official in the nation's capital has been fired from his job at the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social media post Thursday. A video of Sean Charles Dunn berating a group o