President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he was putting Washington D.C.'s police department under federal control and ordering the National...

President Donald Trump is set to hold a news conference at 10 a.m. Monday from the White House on efforts to crack down on crime in Washington D.C.

Mayor Muriel Bowser opposes the federal plan to send over 500 law enforcement officials to tackle crime and homelessness in Washington.

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he was placing Washington D.C.'s police department under federal control and deploying 800 National...

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he was putting Washington D.C.'s police department under federal control and ordering the National...

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Donald Trump anunció que el Gobierno federal tomará el control de la Policía de Washington D.C. y activará las tropas de la Guardia Nacional para controlar el crimen.

President claims US capital ‘overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals … and homeless people’

President Donald Trump announced at a press conference Monday the federal government will take over Washington, D.C., including calling out the National Guard.

Speaking at a White House press conference Monday, the president invoked section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department…

The president also takes control of the city's police force, as the mayor rejects his claims of a crime wave.

President Trump painted a dark picture of crime in the nation's capitol as he uses his executive authority to seize the city's police force

Trump takes control of police, deploys National Guard in a move DC-rights activist calls ‘just authoritarianism’.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city’s police department, an…

Though the Trump administration claims violence in the capital is getting worse, police statistics show violent crime has been declining.

In a letter to the House Oversight Committee, President Trump signaled his intent to temporarily take control of the Washington, D.C., police department and deploy 800 National…

President Donald Trump took unprecedented steps Monday toward federalizing Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump took unprecedented steps Monday toward federalizing Washington, D.C.

Federal law gives presidents the power to take over Washington’s police force after declaring an emergency, but Donald Trump is the first president to do so.

President is deploying National Guard in response to what he calls a crime emergency, with 800 troops to be sent to DC.

Although crime has fallen in the US capital, Donald Trump is framing it as a crackdown on lawlessness and echoing his hard-line immigration tactics.