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 under direct federal control

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.

Trump in a social media post on Sunday declared that "the Homeless" in Washington, D.C., will "have to move out."