Bowser’s office says she is traveling to the vacation island to pick up her daughter and does not plan to attend Brandon Todd’s party there Thursday night. She is expected to return Friday.

An outspoken Trump critic in his first term, Bowser tried cooperation in his second. But that didn't stop the president from taking over the city's police department and sending in National Guard troops.

As National Guard troops deploy across her city as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to clamp down on crime, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is responding with relative restraint.