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

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an order Thursday that amounted to a sweeping reversal of "sanctuary" policies in D.C.

The development came after Washington, D.C.'s attorney general filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department.

The White House says Attorney General Pam Bondi is effectively in charge of Washington D.C.’s police department.

Under the accord presented by the two sides to U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, Trump administration lawyers conceded that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's appointed police chief, Pamela Smith, would remain in command of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department.

The Trump administration on Friday appeared to back off of its attempt to install a new “emergency” head of the Washington police force after local officials challenged the move in federal court. The Justice Department identified Terry Cole,

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

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced that DEA Administrator Terrence Cole will temporarily serve as the chief of Washington, D.C.'s police department.

Federal troops are patrolling the National Mall and neighborhoods across Washington while President Donald Trump’s administration exerts extraordinary power over law enforcement in the nation’s capita

Independence Police Chief Adam Dustman resigned Friday after 12 weeks of leave. Several lawsuits filed against IPD during his tenure remain.