(The Center Square) – “Liberation Day” arrived Monday in Washington, D.C., as declared by President Donald Trump. The ...

"This is nothing on its face but racism and subjugation," Jamal Holtz, president of D.C. Young Democrats, told theGrio.

President Donald Trump said he was deploying the National Guard to Washington DC and taking control of the city’s police ...

Despite an apparent drop in the city’s violent crime, President Donald Trump announced a “public safety emergency” in D.C., deploying 800 of the city’s National Guard and over 450 federal law ...

Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser called for statehood for the District of Columbia Monday after President Donald Trump ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is putting Washington, D.C. police "under direct federal control" -- invoking Section 740 of D.C.'s Home Rule Act, which deals with control of the ...

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

Section 740 of the Home Rule Act allows for the president to take over Washington's Metropolitan Police Department for 48 ...

President Trump on Monday announced he was putting the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and deploying the National Guard in what he portrayed as a crackdown on crime in ...

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 ...

With a move to take over law enforcement in Washington, D.C., Trump also vows to clear away the homeless and pave the potholes.

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