President Trump on Monday announced he was taking federal control of D.C.’s police department and deploying the National ...

Section 740 of the Home Rule Act allows for the president to take over Washington's Metropolitan Police Department for 48 ...

Mother of slain congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym praises Trump's efforts to address Washington, D.C. crime after son's unsolved murder in June.

President Trump said Monday that he is deploying members of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and that the federal ...

President Donald Trump can more easily take over the district's police department than he can suspend its home rule, which requires congressional action.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) said Monday that President Trump sending the National Guard to his city would “only serve ...

“We’re going to be removing homeless encampments from beautiful parks, which now, a lot of people can’t walk on,” Trump told ...

Trump orders National Guard deployment and federal takeover of D.C. police, sparking backlash from city leaders citing ...

The Metropolitan Police along with federal agencies tasked with helping curb crime in the nation’s capital are scrambling to ...

Violent crime in Washington, D.C. fell by double digits in 2024 and again in the first half of 2025, yet on Monday, President Donald Trump officially declared a “public safety emergency” and said he ...

Trump has long focused on crime and cleanliness in DC and other cities, sparring periodically with Democratic mayors during ...