President Donald Trump has declared a “crime emergency” in Washington, D.C., using the Home Rule Act to federalize the police force and deploy the National Guard. Mayor Muriel Bowser says she will work with federal officials, but critics question the move’s necessity given that crime is at a 30-year low.

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