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Good afternoon and welcome to your afternoon news update from AP. Today, President Donald Trump threatens to take over DC police again, the FBI director says DNA evidence found near the scene of Charlie Kirk’s shooting matches the suspect, and the United Kingdom prepares to welcome Trump for a second state visit.

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Officers from Metropolitan Police Department, FBI, and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), are seen monitoring a football game on Friday at Cardozo High School in the Columbia Heights neighborhood in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump threatens to take over DC police again over immigration enforcement

President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to once again federalize Washington, D.C.'s police force, in what he suggested could come in response to the city’s mayor’s stated refusal to cooperate with immigration enforcement. Read more.

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Kash Patel speaks at a news conference on Friday in Orem, Utah, as Utah department of public safety commissioner Beau Mason, left, and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox listen. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

DNA evidence found near scene of Charlie Kirk’s shooting matches suspect, FBI director says

DNA on a towel wrapped around a rifle found near where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated matched that of Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old accused in the killing, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Monday. Authorities in Utah are preparing to file capital murder charges against Robinson as early as Tuesday in the killing of Kirk. Read more. 

British monarchy prepares to welcome Trump for second state visit

Throughout the halls and grounds of Windsor Castle, hundreds of people are working to make sure King Charles III puts on the best show possible when he welcomes U.S. President Donald Trump for his historic second state visit this week. Read more.

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Giannis Kafantaris 26, reads a book outside Panagia Theoskespasti, the chapel his family co-owns near the village of Falatados on Sept. 5. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) 

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