President Trump said he needed to send in the Guard to secure the nation’s capital. But on Jan. 6, 2021 — the most lawless day in recent Washington history — he had a very different reaction.

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

Eight months into the president’s second term, the National Guard has already been deployed twice — once for protests and once for local crime concerns.

The National Guard troops who will move into Washington, D.C., will not perform law enforcement tasks but may be able to detain people temporarily, officials said.

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…

The president’s announcement was an extraordinary exertion of federal power over an American city.

President Trump said he needed to send in the Guard to secure the nation’s capital. But on Jan. 6, 2021 — the most lawless day in recent Washington history — he had a very…

National Guard troops began to deploy on Tuesday as President Trump says he will use the federal government to crack down on crime in the city.

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