The deployment aims to combat crime in the city, even as crime rates have reached a 30-year low, marking one of the most aggressive federal interventions in local law enforcement in recent history.

The left sees President Donald Trump’s attempted takeover of Washington law enforcement as part of a multifront march to autocracy — “vindictive authoritarian rule,” as one activist put it — and as a...

What’s become clear, though, is that the administration’s grip on the city has only tightened as the week has worn on, while pushback — both in the courts and on the streets — has begun to intensify....