The White House would need approval from both House and Senate in order to extend the takeover the police department.

Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by President Donald Trump began arriving in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, ramping up after the White House ordered federal forces to take over the city’s police department and reduce crime in what the president called — without substantiation — a lawless city.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt briefs reporters on the federal takeover of the D.C. police department.

And the state law enforcement agency has also established a toll-free tip for the members of the public to report sightings of any Democrats who are refusing to show up in Austin but who have not joined the dozens of others who have left the state.

GOP Texas Gov. Greg Abbott responds to leaders of Democratic-led states who have threatened to create Democratic-friendly seats in the US House in response to the Texas GOP’s redistricting plans.

Asked if the agency would continue to put out the monthly "Employment Situation" report, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters, "I believe that is the plan, and that's the hope." Leavitt's comment followed remarks on August 4 from E.

RCP's Phil Wegmann asked at Tuesday's WH briefing whether the Bureau of Labor Statistics plans to continue putting out monthly jobs reports after President Trump replaced its commissioner PHIL WEGMANN,

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