How to Use federalization in a Sentence

federalization

noun
  • The federalization is expected to last 30 days.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2025
  • With the federalization of the National Guard.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2025
  • But under home rule law, the president would need approval from Congress to extend the temporary federalization of the city’s police.
    — Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Since the federalization of Washington began two weeks ago, the White House has announced hundreds of arrests.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The federalization comes as statistics released in January show violent crime is at a 30-year low in the District.
    — Miriam Waldvogel, The Hill, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Celebrity chef José Andrés recently said as much on social media in a rebuttal to Trump’s claim that the city’s restaurants are booming amid federalization.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Sep. 2025
  • So insofar as the Insurrection Act is still on the table, federalization of the National Guard is still on the table.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Trump has in the past praised Bowser for coordinating with federal agents during the government’s month-long federalization of the nation’s capital.
    — Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The 30-day federalization expires today.
    — Cate Martel, The Hill, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The panel last week granted an administrative stay that allowed for the federalization of the Oregon National Guard.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The president has also pushed to extend the federalization of law enforcement beyond the 30 days allowed under the city’s Home Rule Act.
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The appeals court ruled Wednesday to temporarily allow the federalization of the Oregon National Guard, while the block against deploying the troops remains in effect.
    — Michelle Watson, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Immergut’s injunction allows federalization orders to technically remain in place but prohibits troops from being deployed in Oregon without clear legal authority.
    — Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • In the 54 days leading up to Trump’s federalization of MPD and crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital, crime incidents were already down to 4,020.
    — Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Oregon and Portland officials jointly sued following the announcement, and Immergut granted a temporary order barring the federalization of those Oregon troops.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The lawsuit, filed in federal court, seeks to block the federalization of National Guard members from Illinois and Texas amid weeks of protests against the government’s immigration enforcement campaign.
    — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The federalization is expected to last 30 days, and Attorney General Pam Bondi will be in charge of the federalized MPD.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2025
  • That law does authorize federalization and deployment of the National Guard, but so does the Insurrection Act, and the Supreme Court did not rule on the Insurrection Act.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The Windy City was thrust into the national spotlight after a federal appeals court temporarily allowed the federalization of Illinois National Guard troops but blocked their deployment within the state.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In Illinois, the federal government faced a setback last week when the Supreme Court denied its request to lift a lower court’s order blocking the federalization and deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Trump’s federalization of California’s National Guard troops has faced a similar lawsuit from Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat.
    — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • What To Know In the lawsuit, Illinois and Chicago argue that the federalization of National Guard troops without the request of Pritzker is unlawful and dangerous.
    — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Trump in June issued a memorandum authorizing the federalization of National Guard troops, citing threats to federal employees and property during protests against immigration enforcement.
    — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Trump maintains the ability to have National Guard troops and federal agencies continue to patrol city streets beyond his federalization of the Metropolitan Police Department.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The lawsuit asks the court to order the administration to stop federalizing or deploying any National Guard troops to Illinois, and to declare the federalization of National Guard troops more broadly as unlawful.
    — Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The administration had called for the federalization of 200 members of Oregon’s National Guard, who officials had previously said were still training as of Friday evening and not in Portland.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Trump’s federalization of the city’s police force relies on his authority under Section 740 of the district’s Home Rule Act, the decades-old law that established Washington’s local government.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The most recent, publicly available approval poll for the mayor, taken by the Washington Post between August 14-17, just a few days after the federalization order was signed, found her approval rating unchanged since May, at 53 percent.
    — Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Oregon is calling for the court to declare Hegseth's order unlawful and to enjoin the federalization of troops, as well as permanently enjoin the defense secretary and the Pentagon from calling upon Oregon National Guard members for federal service.
    — Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily stayed an earlier order blocking the federalization of the Oregon National Guard but left in place the ban on deploying federalized troops into Portland.
    — Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025

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