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

President Trump directed federal law enforcement agencies to increase their presence in Washington DC last week.

Donald Trump is moving to place D.C.’s police under federal control and deploy hundreds of National Guard troops, citing a crime wave his own Justice Department says doesn’t exist. MSNBC legal ...

Trump has long focused on crime and cleanliness in DC and other cities, sparring periodically with Democratic mayors during ...

In an attempt to increase public safety, President Donald Trump declared the homeless will have to move from Washington DC, ...

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser is voicing concerns about the president's potential use of the National Guard to patrol the city's streets. President Donald Trump announced Monday that he’s taki ...

Though the Trump administration claims violence in the capital is getting worse, police statistics show violent crime has ...

One Ward 8 community leader called President Trump’s move to federalize DC police and deploy the National Guard a complicated ...

Gregg Pemberton, D.C. police union chief, tells “CUOMO” that his department isn't overly thrilled that the National Guard ...

While Republicans claim violent crime is up in the nation’s capitol city, statistics from the Metro Police Department and the ...

The takeover is only expected to last 30 days, and troops who are deployed to the area are not expected to openly carry weapons.

Washington, D.C. council chair Phil Mendelson, joins ABC News' Linsey Davis to discuss President Trump's plans to combat what ...