Mayor Muriel Bowser and Chief Pamela Smith struck a conciliatory tone amid a wave of outrage from other D.C. officials in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to federalize the District’s ...

President Trump announced Monday that he will invoke a takeover of the Washington, D.C., police department and activate the National Guard in the nation’s capital as the District of ...

On Monday, President Trump announced that Washington police would be placed under federal control, and 800 members of the ...

A top former Trump White House national security official is warning that the President’s federalization of the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police and deployment of the National Guard and other ...

President Trump on Monday announced he was taking federal control of D.C.’s police department and deploying the National ...

Trump Federal Takeover of DC Police Under Home Rule Act Marks Bold DC Crime Crackdown *The August 11, 2025 Trump federal ...

President Trump has declared a public safety emergency in Washington, D.C., taking control of the police and activating the National Guard, despite city officials noting that crime rates are falling.

President Donald Trump has said he will deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington DC and is taking control of ...

Section 740 of the Home Rule Act allows for the president to take over Washington's Metropolitan Police Department for 48 ...

At an extraordinary news conference on Monday, President Donald Trump revealed plans to take over the Washington, D.C. police ...

Mother of slain congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym praises Trump's efforts to address Washington, D.C. crime after son's unsolved murder in June.

President Trump said Monday that he is deploying members of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and that the federal ...