Trump's federal takeover of D.C. police sparks political controversy as Democrats call it overreach while White House defends crime reduction efforts.

The order cites data showing the nation’s capital “now has a higher violent crime, murder, and robbery rate than all 50 states,” with a homicide rate of 27.54 per 100,000 residents in 2024. It also ...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) wrote a letter to local residents Friday seeking to quell anxiety over the Trump administration’s federal takeover of Washington’s law enforcement. Under a ...

White House efforts to tighten its grip on the Washington, D.C., police force are prompting pushback from the city’s leaders, ...

FBI agents and DC Police are making traffic stops under Trump’s order to increase federal patrols in Washington.

Washington, D.C.’s attorney general calls administration’s actions ‘gravest threat’ to district’s self-governance ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a new order Friday giving control of Washington, DC’s Metropolitan Police Department back ...

The White House promised a ramp-up of National Guard troops and federal officers on the streets of Washington, D.C., around ...

The nation’s capital sued to block President Donald Trump’s takeover of its police department in court on Friday, hours after his administration escalated its intervention into the city’s law ...

The president has more power over the nation’s capital than other cities, but D.C. has elected its mayor and city council ...

The order by a federal official to replace the police chief of the Metropolitan Police Department on an "emergency" basis has been deemed unlawful by D.C.'s AG.