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Trump Federalizes DC Police To 'Rescue Our Nation's Capital From Crime, Bloodshed, Bedlam, and Squalor'

President Donald Trump has declared a public safety emergency in Washington DC and placed the capital city's police under ...

As Guard deploys, Trump to seek 'long-term' federal control of DC police

P resident Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he will seek more permanent federal control of the Washington, D.C., police ...

Trump authorized to control DC police indefinitely under House GOP proposal

Tenn., plans to introduce a resolution to remove the 30-day limit on President Donald Trump's control of Washington D.C.'s ...

Trump deployed the National Guard and declared federal control of DC police. Here’s how he is able to do it

The DC National Guard began appearing in the nation’s capital on Tuesday after President Donald Trump announced a day earlier ...

President Trump targets Washington DC's 'old, tired, exhausted' grass amid takeover

Trump says grass across DC's parks needs replaced, vowing not only to tackle crime in the nation's capital but to make D.C.

Blue cities in Trump’s crosshairs after DC police takeover

Washington, D.C., recorded a homicide rate of 27.54 per 100,000 residents in 2024, ranking fourth among major U.S. cities ...

Trump’s DC police takeover was fueled by attack on former DOGE staffer and his own observations of homelessness, allies say

Trump has long focused on crime and cleanliness in DC and other cities, sparring periodically with Democratic mayors during ...

Police chief orders more cooperation with immigration agents as federal activity takes root in DC

The police chief’s order establishes that Metropolitan Police Department officers may now share information with immigration ...

Former Capitol Police Chief says crime by ‘gangs of youth’ in DC has spiked, escaped ‘certain neighborhoods’

Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund warned that the homicide rate in the nation's capital is five to six times higher ...