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

President Trump said he was declaring a public safety emergency, taking over the DC police and calling in National Guard troops to fight crime and tackle homelessness in the nation's capital. Some DC ...

Trump said he is invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to deploy members of the National Guard.

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

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore blasted President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard to help with policing in ...

President Donald Trump said Monday he’s taking over Washington’s police department and activating 800 members of the National ...

Democratic Representative Nancy Pelosi on X on Monday: "Donald Trump delayed deploying the National Guard on January 6th when ...

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 ...

With President Donald Trump enforcing a federal takeover of D.C., here’s an in-depth look at the city’s crime rates through ...

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said on Monday (Aug 11) he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city's police department, an extraordinary ...

Trump has long focused on crime and cleanliness in DC and other cities, sparring periodically with Democratic mayors during ...

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