West Virginia is sending 300 to 400 members of its National Guard to the nation’s capital to assist in the Trump’s administration’s takeover of the city’s police department.

West Virginia National Guard troops are now being sent to Washington, DC, in an escalation of President Donald Trump’s ...

The president has more power over the nation’s capital than other cities, but D.C. has elected its mayor and city council since the Home Rule Act was signed in 1973.

The police takeover is the latest move by Trump to test the limits of his legal authorities to carry out his agenda.