Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a directive issued Thursday evening that DEA boss Terry Cole will assume “powers and duties vested in the District of Columbia Chief of Police.” The Metropolitan Police Department “must receive approval from Commissioner Cole” before issuing any orders,

The order effectively strips the Metropolitan Police Department commissioner of any authority days after Trump launched a federal crackdown on crime in the city.

Two Texas men were sentenced to federal prison on Thursday for their role in a conspiracy to disguise themselves as Drug Enforcement Administration agents and steal marijuana from a Southern Oregon home in 2022.

He’s spent more than 31 years as a law enforcement officer, including 22 at the DEA. At the agency, he worked in Oklahoma, New York and Washington. He spent time overseas in Colombia, Afghanistan and the Middle East. The agency said he fought drug cartels and transnational criminal organizations.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a directive naming Drug Enforcement Administration head Terry Cole as the "emergency police commissioner" of Washington's Metropolitan Police Department.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says violent crimes in the city are at its lowest rate in 60 years because of support from President Donald Trump.

The DEA says that in North Dakota, close to 70 pounds of meth have been confiscated in 2025, the most in the past five years.

A suspect was shot Wednesday morning while Drug Enforcement Administration agents were executing a search warrant in Parsippany, N.J., authorities said.