DC statehood debate intensifies as Trump flexes authority over local police

President Donald Trump’s grip on Washington D.C.’s police force continued into a second week, spurring Democrats to reignite demands for the district to become a state.Trump last week invoked a provision of the Home Rule Act, the law that gives the nation's capital some autonomy from Congress, to effectively take over the Metropolitan Police Department in an effort to crack down on crime.Since then, numerous federal law enforcement agencies and the National Guard, aided by reserves from states across the country, have patrolled the streets of D.C., and the White House has touted rapid decrease