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Trump seizes control of D.C. police. Here’s what that means.

Trump seizes control of D.C. police. Here’s what that means.

Apple News Today
Aug 12, 2025 15 min
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<p>Trump deployed the National Guard to Washington, D.C. Brian Mann from <a href="https://apple.news/AjqVU0PKOTl6R5ZGZAFEr5w">NPR</a> explains how the president is using emergency powers to take control of the city&rsquo;s police force.</p> <p>Elizabeth Findell from the <a href="https://apple.news/AQHBwCXC_RTyDIJ1Bwfplpg">Wall Street Journal</a> reports on the growing number of ICE detainees being flown from state to state so often that lawyers are losing them in the system.</p> <p>Mothers are leaving the workforce in greater numbers. Abha Bhattarai from the <a href="https://apple.news/ApUC6krq9S2GEXDQk2NXI9g">Washington Post</a> has been looking into why.</p> <p>Plus, Trump picked a <a href="https://apple.news/AUYThJORpRCy6EfhU92x7Aw">conservative economist</a> and Project 2025 contributor to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics, what we know about a <a href="https://apple.news/AjizGjYxoSaaQZwjv6Hzb8Q">steel-plant explosion</a> in Pennsylvania, and the towns and cities offering big checks to tempt you into <a href="https://apple.news/AlL-DMaiXQPWC6KLHaRMd6g">moving</a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>Today&rsquo;s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.</p>

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