Democrats and liberal influencers on Monday trashed President Donald Trump’s news conference announcing the federalization of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, claiming the provocative action was taken to distract from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

President Donald Trump’s militarized crime crackdown in Washington, DC, is a clarifying political moment. It’s again exposed Democrats’ struggles to combat Trump’s hardline law-and-order rhetoric and splits within their party that the president exploited to win two elections.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has called for the arrest of Democrats who fled the state amid Trump’s redistricting push. Here’s how redistricting works in Tennessee.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a committed thorn in Donald Trump’s side, told the president Monday that he’s prepared to redraw California’s districts in Democrats’ favor if he doesn’t call on Texas and other red states to halt their own GOP-friendly redistricting plans.

California governor Gavin Newsom threatens to redraw congressional maps in retaliation against Texas redistricting efforts, demanding Trump intervene to stop GOP push.

President Donald Trump said the federal government will take control of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department.

President Donald Trump said Monday he’s activating the National Guard to help reduce crime across Washington. Joined by some members of his Cabinet in a packed briefing room, the Republican president said he was putting the District of Columbia's police under federal control and declaring a public safety emergency.