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Citing ‘Emergency,’ Trump Puts Washington, D.C. Police Under Federal Control and Deploys National Guard
Trump said he was invoking section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, which gives the President of the United ...
Trump Federalizes DC Police, Deploys National Guard to Capital
President Donald Trump announced he would take federal control of Washington DC’s police department and deploy 800 National ...
Trump federalizes DC police and activates National Guard to combat crime: ‘Take our capital back’
President Donald Trump announced Monday his plan to activate hundreds of National Guard troops and federalize the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department to address violent crime in the nation ...
White House to hold press conference on crime in DC on Monday, Trump says
"On Monday a Press Conference will be held at the White House which will, essentially, stop violent crime in Washington, D.C.
As federal takeover threats loom, the city of Washington waits for the White House to make its move
WASHINGTON -- Around 2 a.m., noisy revelers emerging from clubs and bars packed the sidewalks of U Street in Washington, many of them seeking a late-night slice or falafel. A robust but not unusual ...
White House launches federal security blitz as president vows to end DC 'crime plague'
President Donald Trump deployed additional federal law enforcement agents to Washington, D.C., this week as part of a crime ...
Stephen Miller: DC ‘more violent than Baghdad’
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on Thursday compared the nation’s capital to several foreign war zones, as the Trump administration readies plans to deploy an unspecified number ...
Trump takes an unexpected walk on the White House roof to survey new projects
President Donald Trump made an unexpected appearance on the roof of the White House's West Wing. His nearly 20 minute walk on ...