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

But Trump exaggerated or misstated many of the facts surrounding public safety in Washington, where the crime rate has fallen ...

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

The White House increased the presence of federal law enforcement in Washington over the weekend, deploying 450 officers ...

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

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

Civil rights leaders say Trump, a longtime antagonist, is overreaching by taking over policing in the nation's capital.

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

Elon Musk's anti-woke AI chatbot Grok has declared President Donald Trump "the most notorious criminal" in Washington D.C. in ...

DC Police Union Chairman Greggory Pemberton laid the blame for the crime in Washington, D.C., on the “radical activists” on the city council.

Clinton, who famously lost the 2016 election to Trump, slammed the president for the move to federalize the policing of DC.