A provision of DC's 1973 Home Rule Act allows a president to take control of the police department during an emergency. Trump is the first to do so. Because of DC's unique status as the seat of ...

The DC National Guard began appearing in the nation’s capital on Tuesday after President Donald Trump announced a day earlier he is deploying guard troops and placing Washington, DC’s police ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday placing Washington DC’s police force under federal control, invoking emergency powers that face potential constitutional challenges over scope, ...

• DC v. Trump: Washington, DC, sued the Trump administration to block the federal takeover of the city’s police department, after Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday ordered the city to accept an ...

The control expires in 30 days, unless the Senate and House back an extension. President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is putting Washington, D.C. police "under direct federal control" -- ...

Trump declared a public safety emergency in Washington, DC, and said the federal government will take over the local police department. The president said he will deploy National Guard troops to fight ...

Despite the president’s claims, crime in D.C. is down over the last two years. At an extraordinary news conference on Monday, President Donald Trump revealed plans to take over the Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wants to extend his administration’s takeover of Washington D.C.’s police force past the 30 days he’s initially been granted—but the president will need ...

Soon after he ordered a federal takeover of DC’s police department, President Trump announced a Department of Justice inquiry into whether police higher-ups had manipulated data to give the false ...