The statute does not require evidence or congressional approval — only a presidential declaration of emergency.

The DC Police Union fired back at Ward 6 Councilman Charles Allen after he blasted President Donald Trump’s decision to ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday he is placing Washington D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department under federal control, ...

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin (D) slammed President Trump’s move to take control of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police ...

Fox News contributor Ted Williams, a criminal and civil trial attorney and former member of the Washington Metropolitan ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is putting Washington, D.C. police "under direct federal control" -- invoking ...

Trump mentioned New York, Baltimore, and Oakland as other cities where he wants to put the police under federal control.

President Donald Trump is deploying the National Guard to Washington, D C , and federalizing the Metropolitan Police ...

President Donald Trump took a shot at Baltimore on Monday, calling Charm City “so far gone” on crime despite its recent ...

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin (D) slammed President Trump’s move to take control of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday his plan to activate hundreds of National Guard troops and federalize the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department to address violent crime in the nation ...

President Donald Trump said the federal government will take control of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department.