President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is federalizing the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department to address a “public safety emergency,” a move that will give him complete law enforcement control over the district.

A demonstrator hands out signs demanding D.C. statehood during a protest in the District last year. (Astrid Riecken/For The Washington Post) This live coverage has ended. The D.C. National Guard has deployed in D.