Fear Flooded the Capital in a Single Night. Sirens, boots, and unmarked cars swallowed Washington, D.C., after one presidential order flipped a switch no one could unpull. Crime plunged on paper. Immigration arrests exploded in real life. Neighbors vanished. Journalists were warned. Now the city is staring at its reflection, asking whether safety is worth the soul it’s los… Continues… Donald Trump’s decision to federalize Washington, D.C., split the city into two realities. In one, parents finally let their kids walk home from practice without rehearsing escape plans. The carjackings, the brazen daylight robberies, the endless breaking-news chyrons suddenly slowed....
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