President Donald Trump deployed 800 National Guard troops to the nation's capital as part of a crime crackdown in the city.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) wrote a letter to local residents Friday seeking to quell anxiety over the Trump ...

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, left, and District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb walk out of federal ...

Bowser says the District is facing “an unsettling and unprecedented” challenge to its autonomy after the Trump administration moved to assert more control.

Four cities were singled out by Trump on Monday as the president announced an executive order that he declared would give his ...

The Trump administration on Friday agreed to leave the Washington, D.C., police chief in control of the department. That came ...

A federal judge on Friday considered placing a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration's takeover of Washington D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department.

The order by a federal official to replace the police chief of the Metropolitan Police Department on an "emergency" basis has ...

The lawsuit brought by Washington says Trump exceeded his authority under the Home Rule Act of 1973 in taking over the Metropolitan Police Department.

Washington, D.C., sued Aug. 15 to block President Trump’s takeover of its police department, calling it illegal and dangerous. The move installs DEA chief Terry Cole as emergency head, displacing ...