U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to put Washington, D.C., under full federal control to reduce crime, even as city officials stressed crime is already falling. While Trump does ...

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

President Donald Trump said Monday he is placing Washington, DC’s, police department “under direct federal control” and ...

President Donald Trump once again catapulted crime in DC into the national conversation this week, putting District police ...

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The Home Rule Act of 1973 gave residents the power to elect a city council and mayor, though the measure still left ...

Donald Trump has announced plans to deploy members of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., and take control of the city’s police force.The dramatic move was in response to what the president claims ...

President Donald Trump has taken control of the District of Columbia’s law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to deploy onto the streets of the nation’s ...

Senator Tina Smith is calling President Donald Trump's choice to deploy the National Guard to Washington, D.C., "wasteful," ...

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C.’s non-voting representative in Congress, condemned Trump’s move as “a federal power grab ...

Chris Christie praises Trump's decision to activate National Guard and federalize D.C. police under Pam Bondi to restore law and order in Washington.

The questions came fast to the mayor of the nation’s capital, many of them designed to get her to say something harsh about ...