For years, it has seemed as if President Donald Trump really wanted to deploy the military on US soil and was just looking ...

The Metropolitan Police along with federal agencies tasked with helping curb crime in the nation’s capital are scrambling to ...

President Trump on Monday announced he was putting the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and ...

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 ...

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President Donald Trump said Monday he’s placing the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and deploying ...

President Trump places D.C.'s 3,400 police officers under federal control using emergency powers and proposes legislation to end no-cash bail practices.

Eric Garcia breaks down how Trump’s approval numbers cratered after he dispatched troops to Los Angeles. He may see something ...

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 Donald Trump has ordered 800 National Guard members to help law enforcement fight crime in Washington.

NewsNation's Joe Khalil is on the ground in Washington, D.C. covering a protest against President Trump's effort to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and the National Guard via the ...

Bowser said it is true the city underwent a “crime spike” following the COVID-19 pandemic but argued a “huge decrease” in crime has occurred since.