Two 15-year-olds have been arrested and charged with the attempted carjacking and assault of a DOGE staffer in Washington, D.C., which has drawn the ire of President Donald Trump.

At 3 a.m. on Sunday, the suspects, a boy and a girl from Maryland, approached the victims, who were standing next to their vehicle in the 1400 block of Swann Street in the northwest section of the district, D.C. Metropolitan police said.

The suspects demanded the victim’s vehicle and then assaulted one of the victims, police said. During the assault, an MPD cruiser pulled into the block causing the suspects to flee, police said. Two of the suspects were apprehended by the on-scene officers, police said.

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