Also, Washington officials are reacting to Attorney General Pam Bondi's order Thursday evening designating the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration Terry Cole as "Emergency Police Commissioner" -- a role that would have him assuming assuming "all the powers and duties" vested in the Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith.

The Trump administration on Friday reversed course and agreed to leave the Washington, D.C., police chief in control of department after a court hearing. Attorney General Pam Bondi, in a new memo, directed the District's police to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement “notwithstanding” city law.

P resident Donald Trump has painted Washington, D.C. as a city spiraling into lawlessness, but a Newsweek analysis of multiple data sources tell a more nuanced story. Newsweek contacted the White House by email to comment on this story.

Trump said he was going to “look at” taking action in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles because of their crime rates when he announced his plans to take control of DC’s police department this week.