President Donald Trump says he’s taking over Washington’s police department and activating 800 members of the National Guard in the hopes of reducing crime, even as city officials stressed crime ...

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 ...

U.S. lawmakers from both parties are urging the Trump administration to maintain a three-way security partnership designed to ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom alleges the Trump administration broke a 19th Century law called the Posse Comitatus Act when it deployed ...

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

A deputy commanding general testified Monday that military forces called in to assist with immigration raids in Los Angeles ...

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 ...

Justice Department lawyers were in federal court Monday to defend the Trump administration’s deployment of Marines and California National Guard troops during violent anti-ICE demonstrations ...

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