President Donald Trump’s takeover of the Washington, D.C., police department will temporarily reduce the district’s autonomy.

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?

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 ...

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 ...

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