With President Donald Trump enforcing a federal takeover of D.C., here’s an in-depth look at the city’s crime rates through ...

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

The mayor disputed Trump’s justification for declaring a crime emergency, noting that crime has been trending down in the city after spiking in 2023.

Civil rights leaders say Trump, a longtime antagonist, is overreaching by taking over policing in the nation's capital.

President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and placing the city’s ...

President Donald Trump, justifying his temporary federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital, claimed at a ...

Trump said he is invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to deploy members of the National Guard.

President Donald Trump said Monday he’s taking over Washington’s police department and activating 800 members of the National ...

U.S. President Donald Trump says he expects to know quickly if a deal can be made with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to halt the war in Ukraine ...

A top former Trump White House national security official is warning that the President’s federalization of the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police and deployment of the National Guard and other ...

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said on Monday (Aug 11) he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city's police department, an extraordinary ...

The Home Rule Act of 1973 gave residents the power to elect a city council and mayor, though the measure still left significant power to the federal government.