What to KnowTrump announced he’s invoking a section of the D.C. Home Rule Act, which allows him to place the Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control — but only for 48 hours before he must notify Congress.In an interview with MSNBC, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser refuted Trump’s claims that crime in Washington is spiking, saying crime has decreased over the past two years.Metropolitan Police Department data shows violent crime, homicides, assaults and carjackings are all down in the last two years.Trump said Friday’s face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska would be a “feel-out meeting” aimed at urging Putin to end the war.A federal judge denied the Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury materials in Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal case

Trump said he would start with D.C., but the wider crackdown on crime would go further to other American cities. Follow along for live updates.