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

After a judge threatened to block an order federalizing Washington’s police, the Justice Department issued a new directive leaving the city’s police chief in charge, for now.

The City of Marysville announced that it has promoted one of its own to the position of chief of police.• Video Above: What happens when you call 911? Vance Nabeta is set to assume the role of chief of police on Aug.

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

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an order Thursday that amounted to a reversal of "sanctuary" policies in D.C. The District sued over the order Friday.

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an order rescinding sanctuary city policies in Washington, D.C. and naming an "emergency police commissioner."

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday evening ordered DC’s mayor and police department to accept Terry Cole, the head of the Drug Enforcement Agency, as the district’s “emergency police commissioner” and give him full control of the department during the federal takeover — quickly drawing rebukes from the district’s mayor and attorney general,

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