• DC crackdown: President Donald Trump announced he is placing the Washington, DC, police department “under direct federal control” and deploying National Guard troops to the nation’s capital, saying ...

A provision of DC's 1973 Home Rule Act allows a president to take control of the police department during an emergency. Trump is the first to do so. Because of DC's unique status as the seat of ...

Hundreds of federal police officers and National Guard troops are expected to remain in the city, and it is unclear how much will immediately change.

• DC crackdown: The National Guard began to appear in Washington, DC, tonight, a day after President Donald Trump placed the nation’s capital’s police department “under direct federal control.” ...

The crime legislation that passed Tuesday is part of a larger batch that the House Oversight Committee marked up last week.

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump is threatening to have the federal government take over Washington, DC. On Aug. 11, he announced that he would take control of the city’s Metropolitan Police ...

D.C. officials testified Thursday before the powerful House Oversight Committee as it considers 13 bills that could wrest more control away from local officials. Here's a look back at what was said.