Democratic Washington, D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has left the district for Martha’s Vineyard as President Donald Trump deploys the National Guard to restore law and order in the nation’s capital, Scripps News reported.

This time around, Bowser took a different tact from the start. She flew to Florida to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago after he won the election and has worked to avoid conflict and downplay points of contention, including tearing up the “Black Lives Matter” letters after he returned to Washington in response to pressure from Republicans in Congress.

The police chief’s order establishes that Metropolitan Police Department officers may now share information with immigration agencies regarding people not in custody.

Donald Trump has said calls from Democrats for Washington DC to become a state are “ridiculous” and “unacceptable”.

President Donald Trump pledged Thursday that “phony” Washington crime data would be investigated amid his federal takeover of the local police. “They are under investigation right now,” Trump said from the Oval Office.

The DC National Guard began appearing in the nation’s capital on Tuesday after President Donald Trump announced a day earlier he is deploying guard troops and placing Washington, DC’s police department “under direct federal control,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would ask the Republican-controlled Congress to extend federal control of Washington's city police force beyond 30 days, escalating his campaign to exert presidential power over the nation's capital.

President Trump says he intends to extend his federal takeover of the police force in Washington, D.C. after 30 days. NBC News' Courtney Kube reports from the Pentagon and NBC News' Ryan Nobles reports from the White House.