DC mayor Muriel Bowser said that while the announcement by Donald Trump to federalize the Capitol police was “unsettling and unprecedented” she was “not totally surprised” by it.“My message to ...

President Trump on Monday announced he was taking federal control of D.C.’s police department and deploying the National ...

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

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser held a press conference Monday following President Donald Trump’s announcement that he’s taking over Washington’s police department and activating 800 members of ...

But Trump exaggerated or misstated many of the facts surrounding public safety in Washington, where the crime rate has fallen ...

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.

Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser called for statehood for the District of Columbia Monday after President Donald Trump ...

Section 740 of the Home Rule Act allows for the president to take over Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department for 48 ...

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

President Donald Trump can more easily take over the district's police department than he can suspend its home rule, which requires congressional action.

President Donald Trump on Monday announced the deployment of the National Guard in Washington D.C. But he criticized L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom over the speed of permitting in ...