Washington D.C. residents are preparing for a federal takeover of local law enforcement as National Guard troops made their way to the District Tuesday morning. The first troops arrived at the D.C. Armory, located roughly two miles east of the United States Capitol building, early in the morning and continued streaming in throughout the day. […]

(The Center Square) – Officials have urged the press and community not to speculate about the cause of a deadly explosion at a U.S. Steel plant in Clairton, near Pittsburgh, on Monday. Gov. Josh Shapiro joined county officials, union representatives, and U.S. Steel CEO David Burritt to discuss the incident in Allegheny County Tuesday. County […]

(The Center Square) – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says he and Gov. J.B. Pritzker are on the same page about President Donald Trump not having authority to send National Guard troops to the city. Trump called Pritzker and Johnson “incompetent” on Monday and suggested that he could send the National Guard to reduce violence in […]

The Trump administration’s takeover of law enforcement in Washington, D.C., has spurred criticism from local officials, one of whom pointed to an overwhelmed D.C. court that handles local criminal cases in the district. D.C. Councilwoman Christina Henderson pointed on Tuesday to the high number of vacancies on the D.C. Superior Court on CNN’s CNN This […]