The nation’s capital city will remove the large painting of the words “Black Lives Matter” on a street one block from the White House as Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser struggles to fend off threats of encroachment from both President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress.

The nation's capital city will remove the large painting of the words "Black Lives Matter" on a street one block from the White House as Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser struggles to fend off threats of encroachment from both President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress.

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has taken an often-measured, muted approach to Trump since the president returned to power and escalated threats to take over the city.

President Trump said DC Mayor Muriel Bowser must clean up the "unsightly" homeless encampments within the city or the federal government "will be forced to do it for her."

President Donald Trump has put aside an executive order that would have empowered the federal government to take over Washington, D.C. — for now. Trump’s decision coincides with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser‘s apparent political moderation in recent weeks,

"If she is not capable of doing so, we will be forced to do it for her! Washington, D.C. must become CLEAN and SAFE," Trump wrote in his post.

Street murals in D.C. are under fire from Trump’s transportation chief, who claims they create unsafe conditions.

Washington, D.C. crews began clearing out homeless encampments Friday, just two days after President Donald Trump warned Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser to do so. Videos posted to X show the Washington,