During a press conference on Monday, August 11, President Donald Trump announced that he is placing the Washington, D.C., police under federal control and deploying the National Guard. #trump #nationa

This week, though, federal agents are fanning out across the nation's capital as part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to clamp down on crime in the city.The sometimes-masked agents joined members of the National Guard as well as the United States Park Police,

The District of Columbia's attorney general sued Donald Trump on Friday in a bid to impede his attempted takeover of Washington's police force, escalating a power struggle between the Republican U.S.

Federal troops are patrolling the National Mall and neighborhoods across Washington while President Donald Trump's administration exerts extraordinary power over law enforcement in the nation's capital.

The showdown in Washington is the latest attempt by Trump to test the boundaries of his legal authority to carry out his tough-on-crime agenda, relying on obscure statutes and a supposed state of emergency to speed up the mass deportation of people in the United States illegally.

President Donald Trump said the federal government will take control of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would ask the Republican-controlled Congress to extend federal control of Washington's city police force beyond 30 days, escalating his campaign to exert presidential power over the nation's capital.

President Trump promised a weekend crackdown on Washington, D.C.'s homeless population and criminals. Trump activated federal agents to also be a show of force across the district.

Police in Washington are sometimes waiting over a year for the state to test firearms evidence, as the Patrol deals with a growing backlog. For the past four […]