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

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

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

The president offered misleading statements about crime trends in the nation’s capital.

The president has railed against crime in urban, largely liberal cities for decades, but Monday’s announcement was an extraordinary exertion of federal power over an American city.

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.

We look at crime in the nation’s capital and President Trump’s legal authority to intervene.

President Trump is the first president to use a declared emergency to wrest control of Washington, D.C.’s police force.

The president noted Wednesday that he's bypassed Congress before, and said local crime in the capital could constitute a national emergency if he said so.

The Trump administration has taken steps that have hobbled Washington’s efforts to reduce crime, such as gutting its U.S. attorney’s office and enacting budget cuts of more than…