Hey folks, Joyce Vance here. Preet and I are back with a new episode of The Insider podcast.

First, we discuss President Trump's plan for a federal takeover of D.C. policing and deployment

of the National Guard. Then we break down a federal judge's decision to reject the Trump

administration's request to unseal grand jury testimony from the Galane Maxwell case.

Finally, we turn to the legal and political battle in Texas, where Democratic state lawmakers have

fled the state to block Republicans from redrawing the state's congressional map.

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So, D.C., our capital, District of Columbia, which doesn't have its own representation.

It has a population greater than the size of a number of states in the country, does not have senators, does not have full home rule or

some form of home rule. What exactly is the thing, so we can just be clear about what we're

talking about? What is the thing that Donald Trump has ordered done?

Yeah, this is a really good question because it's unclear.

And to hear Trump speak about it, you would think that he has federalized the city, whatever that means.

And he now controls it like the ruler of some medieval city state.

But in reality, what Trump has done is he has placed the Washington, D.C. police department under his control, and he's deploying the National Guard in the city.

And the reason given, this is an important part, the reason given. Because we're going to get in a moment to his legal ability, his technical legal ability

to do the thing that he's doing, then whether it's wise or prudent, even if it's lawful

and legal, you talk about awful but lawful from time to time on the podcast.

But to me, the reasons given are really important.

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