Feds Turn Into Beat Cops in Trump’s D.C. Policing Surge

In the nation’s capital, federal agents have operated a sobriety checkpoint, made gun and drug busts and carried out other day-to-day police work. Some residents are uneasy.

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Justice Dept. to Cut Gun-Sale Inspectors in Half as It Moves to Downsize A.T.F.

The move is part of the Trump administration’s effort to defang and downsize the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

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Trump and Biden Backed Easing Marijuana Policy. What Happened?

Removing marijuana from the government’s most restrictive class of drugs had rare bipartisan support last year. But the D.E.A. slowed the effort and legal challenges followed.

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Trump Aims to Use More F.B.I., Drug and Gun Agents to Pursue Immigrants

The Justice Department plans to bolster enforcement and deportation work in 25 cities across the United States.

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Son of El Chapo to Plead Guilty to Federal Drug Charges

Ovidio Guzmán López would become the first of El Chapo’s sons to acknowledge guilt in a U.S. federal courthouse, after federal investigators turned their attention from the drug lord to his children.

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When Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Came to Yemi Mobolade’s City

A raid on a largely Hispanic nightclub last weekend highlighted the wrenching choices mayors face between anti-Trump constituents and federal pressure for police cooperation.

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D.E.A. Says More Than 100 Undocumented Immigrants Were Detained in a Colorado Raid

Officials said agents found weapons and illicit drugs inside the nightclub, including cocaine, methamphetamine and a mixture of powdered drugs known as pink cocaine.

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Justice Dept. Considers Merging Drug and Gun Agencies in Broader Reorganization

Overall, the vision, as outlined in a memo, is to downsize by consolidating some work inside its headquarters, while farming other responsibilities out to the U.S. attorney’s offices.

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Mexico Gave Trump Much of What He Wanted. Tariffs Came Anyway.

President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico took steps sought by President Trump, including sending troops to the border and cracking down on drug cartels. The tariffs went into effect anyway.

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Mexico Begins to Release Dozens of Cartel Operatives Into U.S. Custody

The decision was said to be a signal that President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico planned to cooperate with the Trump administration in cracking down on the cartels.

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