President Donald Trump is promising new steps to tackle homelessness and crime in Washington, prompting the city's mayor to voice concerns about the potential use of the National Guard to patrol the ...

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 ...

But Trump exaggerated or misstated many of the facts surrounding public safety in Washington, where the crime rate has fallen ...

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser slammed President Donald Trump’s decision to place D.C. police under federal control and ...

Trump announced that he is invoking Section 740 of the DC Home Rule Act to federalize the D.C. police department. What is it?

President Donald Trump can more easily take over the district's police department than he can suspend its home rule, which requires congressional action.

President Donald Trump said he’s deploying the National Guard across Washington and taking over the city’s police department.

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

The statute does not require evidence or congressional approval — only a presidential declaration of emergency.

In a move D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser called “unsettling and unprecedented,” President Donald Trump signed an executive order ...

President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over ...