Mr. Trump has also asserted federal control over the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, drawing pushback from local politicians who argued the move was a threat to the city's autonomy. Last week, the Justice Department backed down from an attempt to name an emergency local police chief following a lawsuit from D.C. officials.

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether police officials in Washington, D.C., have falsified crime data.

The MPDC has set a juvenile curfew in the U Street corridor to enhance public safety, affecting those 17 and under from August 21-24, between 8-11 p.m.

The inquiry into whether data was manipulated to make crime rates seem lower is being run out of the office of the U.S. attorney for D.C., Jeanine Pirro.

The Justice Department is investigating whether D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department manipulated crime data to make crime rates appear lower, two senior law enforcement officials tell NBC News.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been granted permission to intervene in legal action over the issue

An ice cream seller who was stabbed to death in north-west London has been named by the Metropolitan Police. Shazad Khan, 41, was pronounced dead at the scene after officers responded to reports of an altercation in Monks Park in Wembley at 6.10pm on Tuesday.

The city’s Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit calling for an emergency restraining order to block the move, accusing the Trump Administration of implementing a “hostile takeover” of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) that would lead to “imminent, irreparable harm”.