Metro Transit Police and Homeland Security Investigations officers search the vehicle of a person detained for a driver's licence issue, after Trump's announcement of the federal takeover of the DC Metropolitan Police Department, near tbe White House in Washington on August 14, 2025. (Photo by Ken Cedeno/Reuters)





A driver peers from his window while a Department of Homeland Security agent and a city police officer conduct a traffic checkpoint along 14th Street in Washington, August 13, 2025. (Photo by Alex Brandon/AP Photo)





A National Guard military police officer carries a handful of zip ties to use as handcuffs while keeping watch as travelers arrive at Union Station near the Capitol in Washington, August 14, 2025. (Phoot by J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)





President Donald Trump salutes as he walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)





Russian President Vladimir Putin walks towards President Donald Trump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)





U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Jeenah Moon/Reuters)





U.S. Army National Guard Humvees park near the Washington Monument on August 13, 2025, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department under the Home Rule Act to assist with crime prevention in the nation's capital. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





(L-R) Austin Butler and Matthew McConaughey attend the “Caught Stealing” Austin, TX Special Screening at Alamo Drafthouse on August 13, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images for Sony Pictures Entertainment)





A one-footed white ibis flies over Lake Eola in Orlando, Florida on August 7, 2025. (Photo by Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser listens during a news conference on President Donald Trump's plan to place the city's police under federal control and deploy National Guard troops, in Washington, August 11, 2025. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)





Two grasshoppers on the Shark Valley Hiking Trail, at the Everglades National Park near Miami, Florida, USA, 12 August 2025. Located in the southernmost part of Florida, the Everglades wetland is recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as one of the most unique ecosystems in the world due to its unparalleled biodiversity. A lawsuit over the potential environmental impact of the construction of “Alligator Alcatraz” has halted further construction on this new migrant detention center. (Photo by Cristóbal Herrera/EPA)





An alligator rests near the Shark Valley Hiking Trail in the Everglades National Park in Miami, Florida, USA, 12 August 2025. (Photo by Cristóbal Herrera/EPA)





A child watches as officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration patrol along the National Mall Wednesday, August 13, 2025, in Washington. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)





A rainbow appears over Rate Field as grounds crew squeegee water from a tarp before the start of a baseball game in Chicago, August 12, 2025. (Photo by Talia Sprague/AP Photo)





A Fulton County Sheriff deputy (L) intervenes as Palestinian activist Jawahir Kamil (R) confronts Democratic US Representative of Georgia Nikema Williams about the Hamas-Israel conflict during a Congressional town hall with constituents in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 14 August 2025. Williams, who represents Georgia's 5th Congressional district, was cohosting the town hall with Atlanta City Council member Andrea L. Boone. (Photo by Erik S. Lesser/EPA)





Demonstrators hold placards and flags during a protest in solidarity with Ukraine, ahead of the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 14, 2025. (Photo by Nathaniel Wilder/Reuters)





New York police detains some protesters as demonstrators rally outside the New York Times, accusing the paper of being complicit in providing coverage for the Israel's attacks on Gaza and protesting the killing of journalists in Gaza by Israeli forces in New York, USA, on August 12, 2025. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)





A woman pets a dog as people enjoy a night out at the National Mall, near where National Guard Humvees are parked by the Washington Monument, on August 12, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)





Dog named Prince competes at the annual World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Santa Rosa, California on August 8, 2025. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)





A man walks by graffiti on a pedestrian bridge reading “We keep us safe” and “Power to the people” after President Trump announced a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department, in Washington, on August 12, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)