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Hours after Trump seized DC police force, a man was gunned down in Logan Circle

Less than 10 hours after President Donald Trump seized control of the Washington, D.C., police force, a man was gunned down ...

Assessing small boat crossings and fact-checking Trump's Washington DC crime claim

While we wait for those figures, you can read our overnight fact-check on President Trump’s claim that crime in Washington DC ...

MSNBC host reveals DC journalist privately shared concerns about crime while publicly denouncing Trump's plan

Joe Scarborough pointed out on "Morning Joe" contradictions between reporters' private safety concerns and public criticism ...

DC mayor says Trump takeover shows why US capital should be 51st state

America needs to know why your nation’s capital, a place where 700,000 tax-paying Americans live, should be the 51st state,” ...

Trump’s DC police takeover was fueled by attack on former DOGE staffer and his own observations of homelessness, allies say

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

Trump deploys National Guard to Washington DC and pledges crime crackdown

President Donald Trump said he was deploying the National Guard to Washington DC and taking control of the city's police ...

Trump's DC takeover

Trump painted a portrait of a city overrun by criminals: Mayor Muriel Bowser disputed Trump’s justification for declaring a ...

Trump has federalized DC’s police force. Now what?

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

Trump's DC public safety sweep results in 23 arrests including murder suspect on opening day

FBI Director Kash Patel reports 23 arrests as part of Trump's initiative to federalize Washington D.C. police and tackle ...