The US president has declared a public safety emergency as he promises to tackle crime and homelessness in the nation's ...

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

President Donald Trump announced he is placing the Washington, DC, police department “under direct federal control” and ...

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 ...

“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 has deployed National Guard to Washington, DC, as part of a crime purge that will also banish homeless people ...

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.

President Trump said he was declaring a public safety emergency, taking over the DC police and calling in National Guard troops to fight crime and tackle homelessness in the nation's capital. Some DC ...

We're going to take our capital back,' US president says, planning to send at least 800 National Guardsmen, put local police ...

Trump said he is invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to deploy members of the National Guard.

Some DC residents are angry about President Trump's plans to deploy the National Guard and federalize the city's police force ...

President Donald Trump explores using D.C. National Guard authority to combat crime in Washington, despite data showing crime at lowest point in nearly 30 years.