U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking ...

The Metropolitan Police along with federal agencies tasked with helping curb crime in the nation’s capital are scrambling to ...

In a first since DC's 1973 Home Rule Act, Trump invokes emergency powers to federalise policing and send troops into the ...

President Donald Trump, justifying his temporary federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital, claimed at a press ...

US President Donald Trump said Monday he will deploy military and federal law enforcement in Washington as he seeks to curb violent crime in the nation's capital.

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

President Trump announced Monday that he will invoke a takeover of the Washington, D.C., police department and activate the National Guard in the nation’s capital as the District of ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to announce the deployment of the National Guard to patrol D.C. streets at a ...

US president called out five other cities, including New York and Los Angeles, which could face similar measures ...

If the president goes ahead with the idea, he is expected to announce it at a news conference scheduled for Monday morning.

Monday marked the formal beginning of Donald Trump’s plans to deploy members of the National Guard in Washington, DC and take control of the city’s police force.The dramatic move was in response to ...

Civil rights leaders say Trump, a longtime antagonist, is overreaching by taking over policing in the nation's capital.