WithPresident Donald Trumpcalling for afederal takeover of the nation's capital city, the White House says there will be an increased presence of federal law enforcement on the streets of Washington, D.C., for at least the next week. "We have to run D.C.,"Donald Trumptold reporters. But doing so would requirea repeal of the Home Rule Actof 1973 in Congress and could face steep pushback. This was prompted by theattempted carjacking of a DOGE employeenicknamed 'Big Balls' by a group of teenagers. Carjackings and homicides are actually down sharply in D.C. after spiking in 2023. A two-hour tour of the D.C. streets, starting around 1 a.m. Friday morning, revealed no evidence of the sort of multiagency flood of uniformed personnel described in Trump's announcement. Here's the Latest: UK lays on 'Downton Abbey' charm for Vance, foreign secretary meeting The stately home south of London where Vance and Lammy will soon meet is a mashup of English country charm and foreign relations pomp and circumstance. Chevening — which serves as the foreign secretary's official country residence — is an almost 400-year-old mansion surrounded by 3,000 acres (about 1,200 hectares) of country roses and rolling hills. It boasts framed portraits of British notables alongside displays of flags indicating the political undercurrent. Vance vacationing with family after UK foreign secretary meeting After meeting with U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy south of London on Friday, the U.S. vice president is heading off on a working vacation with his wife and children. The Vance family's trip will include official engagements, meetings, fundraising and visits to cultural sites and museums. A visit with U.S. troops is also planned. That's according to a person familiar with Vance's trip who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Vance and Lammy have met a few times in recent months as Vance has traveled overseas, most recently at Pope Leo XIV's inaugural Mass in Rome. Trump orders increased law enforcement presence in Washington for at least 7 days The White House says there will be increased presence of federal law enforcement in the capital to combat crime for the next week, with the option to extend it. "Washington, DC is an amazing city, but it has been plagued by violent crime for far too long," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. "President Trump has directed an increased presence of federal law enforcement to protect innocent citizens." She said that means "there will be no safe harbor for violent criminals in D.C." The announcement comes amid Trump's repeated suggestions that control of Washington could be returned to federal authorities. Doing so would require arepeal of the Home Rule Actof 1973 in Congress, a step that the president said lawyers are examining but that could face pushback. Trump says Armenia and Azerbaijan will sign 'historic' peace deal at White House The president said he is looking forward to hosting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Friday. In a post on his social media site, he billed the event as "historic" and said the two leaders would participate in a "Peace Signing Ceremony." Trump said his "administration has been engaged with both sides for quite some time" and added that he was "very proud of these courageous Leaders for doing the right thing." Armenia and Azerbaijan have been locked in a bitter conflict over territory since the early 1990s, when ethnic Armenian forces took control over the Karabakh province and nearby territories. The U.S. Air Force will deny retirement pay to transgender service members The move will deny alltransgender service memberswho have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement benefits. They're being separated from Air Force underTrump administration ordersand will have to either take a lump-sum separation payment offered to junior troops or be removed. OneAir Force sergeantsaid he feels "betrayed and devastated." Q&A: Can Trump hold a census in the middle of a decade and excludeimmigrantsin the US illegally? On Thursday the president instructed the Commerce Department to havethe Census Bureaustart work on a new census that would exclude immigrants who are in the country illegally from the head count, which determines political power and federal spending. Experts said it was unclear what exactly Trump was calling for, whether it was changes to the2030 censusor a mid-decade census, and, if so, whether it would be used for a mid-decade apportionment, which is theprocess of divvying up congressional seatsbased on population. Can Trump do this? It would be extremely difficult to conduct a mid-decade census, if not impossible, according to experts. Any changes in conducting one would require alterations tothe Census Actand approval from Congress, which has oversight responsibilities, and there likely would be a fierce fight. ▶ Read more aboutquestions raised by the president's action