For President Trump, the effort to take over public safety in Washington reflects an escalation of his aggressive approach to ...

President Donald Trump has taken control of the District of Columbia's law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to ...

Monday marked the formal beginning of Donald Trump’s plans to deploy members of the National Guard in Washington, DC and take control of the city’s police force.The dramatic move was in response to ...

President Donald Trump took a shot at Baltimore on Monday, calling Charm City “so far gone” on crime despite its recent ...

Trump’s D.C. move tests federal power over city policing. We break down the statutes, the Guard, and the legal fights that could define what happens next.

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

The nation's capital is "becoming a situation of complete and total lawlessness," President Donald Trump said at an Aug. 11 ...

President Trump directed federal law enforcement agencies to increase their presence in Washington DC last week.

President Donald Trump said the federal government will take control of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department.

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

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser is voicing concerns about the president's potential use of the National Guard to patrol the city's streets. President Donald Trump announced Monday that he’s taki ...

"Instead of commandeering the local police and deploying the military to the City’s streets, Donald Trump should give D.C.