Federal deployment in D.C. continues: Starting at around 9 p.m., FBI and Secret Service agents arrived in D.C.'s Foggy Bottom to remove a few tents from a homeless encampment. "We were told that there would be a list of sites that would receive closure activity from the National Park Service and other law enforcement officials, and we would support that effort by providing a connection to homeless services for those who are adversely impacted," said Wayne Turnage, Washington's deputy mayor for health and human services, to reporters assembled at the encampment clearing.
They ran into some thorny jurisdictional problems. A 34-year-old homeless woman named Meghann Abraham presented federal enforcement with a notice she'd received from the city saying she had until Monday to leave the area; federal agents acquiesced and stopped trying to force her and fellow trespassers to leave. But city officials and other law enforcement agents also worked earlier in the day to get homeless people who were camping to leave; shelters are reportedly not at capacity.
"Earlier in the week, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt warned of prosecution or fines against people who refuse to leave encampments," reports Axios. "Leavitt said homeless individuals will be offered transportation to shelters or provided with mental health and addiction resources."
