Media outlets are fact-checking President Donald Trump’s concerns about violence in Washington, D.C., by pointing to misleading crime statistics. Trump ...

A White House news conference is scheduled for Monday after President Donald Trump warned about a federal takeover of Washington, D.C., over crime.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith struck a conciliatory tone amid a ...

President Donald Trump said he is deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., and taking control of the Metropolitan Police Department. The nation’s capital is "becoming a situation of ...

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser is voicing concerns about the president's potential use of the National Guard to patrol ...

President Donald Trump has ordered 800 National Guard members to help law enforcement fight crime in Washington.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to oversee the deployment and said 100-200 guard members will be active in the city at any point in time. It is not clear how long ...

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

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

The DC National Guard will be deployed, and the president said he might send in other military forces to help.

Promising a sweeping crackdown on crime and homelessness in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump has vowed to place the D.C. police department “under direct federal order” and deploy the National ...

This will show Congress that running D.C. is not something they want to take on,” says D.C. shadow senator Ankit Jain.