President Trump said he would take over Washington, D.C.'s police force and deploy National Guard troops to fight crime and ...

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"Any comparison to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false," said Mayor Bowser amid Trump's escalation in rhetoric against ...

Washington is a district, not a state, so it doesn't have a governor. For most of it's history it didn't have control over its own budget or affairs. Instead, U.S. Congress and the president both play ...

By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Donald Trump today seized direct control of Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department, removing authority from Mayor Muriel ...

President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to the U.S. capital and putting Washington's ...

Around 2 a.m., noisy revelers emerging from clubs and bars packed the sidewalks of U Street in Washington, many of them ...

President Donald Trump is holding a news conference from the White House on efforts to crack down on crime in Washington, DC.

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-K.Y.) said he plans to hold a hearing with Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D),  Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D), and Attorney General Brian ...