The president cast his actions as necessary to "rescue" Washington from a purported wave of lawlessness. Statistics show that violent crime shot up in 2023 but has been rapidly declining since.

At an extraordinary news conference on Monday, President Donald Trump revealed plans to take over the Washington, D.C. police ...

Clinton, who famously lost the 2016 election to Trump, slammed the president for the move to federalize the policing of DC.

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

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

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

Donald Trump vowed Sunday to quickly jail criminals who roam the streets and force the homeless out Washington DC, the nation's capital.

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 ...

Crime is down, and many tents are gone — but much of Washington, D.C. remains on edge as Trump launches a sweeping federal response to lingering urban disorder.