The president and his allies have berated local officials. Yet the federal government has often made it harder for those ...

President Trump said he would take over Washington, D.C.’s police force and deploy National Guard troops to fight crime and ...

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks as Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela A. Smith listens during a news ...

President Donald Trump is promising to announce new steps to tackle homelessness and crime in Washington at a 10 a.m. ET news ...

Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian Schwalb says Metropolitan Police Department officers must follow local policies that ...

As National Guard troops deploy across her city as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to clamp down on crime, D.C.

The Democratic mayor of Washington D.C., Muriel Bowser. PHOTO COURTESY OF MAYOR.DC.GOV Washington (AP) — President Donald ...

Analysis: Trump's federalization of the city's police force is testing Bowser's measured approach to dealing with the ...

P resident Donald Trump became the first president to invoke the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to take temporary control over law enforcement in Washington, D.C., citing high crime levels that ...

Federal agents will patrol the streets 24/7 in Washington, White House says Officials said the number of National Guard ...

With a move to take over law enforcement in Washington, D.C., Trump also vows to clear away the homeless and pave the potholes.