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 holds news conference Monday to discuss crime in Washington, D.C., after days of railing about the nation’s ...

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 said Monday he’s taking over Washington’s police department and activating 800 members of the National Guard in the hopes of reducing<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

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