ICE vans circled schools, bus stops, corner stores. Families stopped answering knocks. Now the capital of American democracy is asking whether “law and order” just means la…
Donald Trump’s decision to federalize Washington, D.C.
Donald Trump’s decision to federalize Washington, D.C., did what years of press conferences and pilot programs could not: it made the streets feel different in a matter of days. Some residents describe it as the first time in years they’ve walked home without clutching keys between their fingers, the first week their group chats weren’t just links to surveillance videos and police reports. They see the armored vehicles and joint task forces as overdue proof that someone in power finally took their fear seriously.
