<h2 class="topline-heading">Topline</h2><p>The Washington, D.C., attorney general sued the Trump administration Friday, alleging the president has overstepped his authority in a takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department—legal action that comes a day after the Trump administration attempted to effectively replace D.C.’s police commissioner with a federal official. </p><figure class="embed-base image-embed embed-0" role="presentation"><div class="image-embed__placeholder"><img src="https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/689f342c805cd53625bea784/President-Trump-Speaks-On-Recent-Supreme-Court-Rulings-At-The-White-House/960x0.jpg?fit=scale" alt="President Trump Speaks On Recent Supreme Court Rulings At The White House" width="100%" height="auto"></div><div style="--article-bg-color:#faf3f1"><div class="bMqrj"><div class="Jp--BF7-"><span style="-webkit-line-clamp:2" class="Ccg9Ib-7 _8XF2kHYM">Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks alongside President Donald Trump on recent Supreme Court rulings in the briefing room at the White House on June 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)</span></div><small class="pGGCM2aD">Getty Images</small></div></div></figure>

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The lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of a “hostile takeover of the MPD.”{ai:summary}<p>The Washington, D.C., attorney general sued the Trump administration Friday, alleging the president overstepped his authority in a takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department. </p><p>The suit comes a day after the administration attempted to effectively replace D.C.'s police commissioner with a federal official. 
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DC Sues To Block Trump’s Police Takeover

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