An outspoken Trump critic in his first term, Bowser tried cooperation in his second. But that didn't stop the president from taking over the city's police department and sending in National Guard troops.

Muriel Bowser, mayor of Washington, D.C., says she has reached out to Attorney General Pam Bondi and hopes to hold a meeting soon.

Mayor Muriel Bowser cited falling crime since 2023 and dismissed the “so-called emergency” behind Trump’s National Guard order.