WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he’s taking over Washington’s police department and activating 800 members of the National Guard in the hopes of reducing crime, even as city ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday a major federal intervention in Washington, D.C., and warned that similar crackdowns ...

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith struck a conciliatory tone amid a ...

The president had announced the summit, which will take place in Alaska, in a Truth Social post Friday. “The highly ...

President Donald Trump said he is deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., and taking control of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser is voicing concerns about the president's potential use of the National Guard to patrol ...

While Republicans claim violent crime is up in the nation’s capitol city, statistics from the Metro Police Department and the ...

Though the Trump administration claims violence in the capital is getting worse, police statistics show violent crime has ...

The DC National Guard will be deployed, and the president said he might send in other military forces to help.

President Donald Trump took unprecedented steps toward federalizing Washington, D.C., saying it’s needed to fight crime even as city leaders pointed to data showing violence is down.

Promising a sweeping crackdown on crime and homelessness in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump has vowed to place the D.C. police department “under direct federal order” and deploy the National ...

President Donald Trump announced he was taking “historic action to rescue our nation's capital" by officially invoking ...