The seven-day operation, which could be extended, is aimed at boosting public safety. U.S. Park Police said it made gun and drug arrests on Friday.

With President Donald Trump suggesting a federal takeover of the nation's capital city, the White House says there will be an increased presence of federal law enforcement on the streets of Washington,

The White House has announced an increased federal law enforcement presence in Washington, D WASHINGTON — The White House said Thursday night that there will be increased presence of federal law enforcement in the nation’s capital to combat crime for at least the next week,

The abrupt removal of the chief of the US government’s tax collection and enforcement agency caps a period of extraordinary turmoil and turnover at the IRS. Since the start of Trump’s second term in January there have been four acting commissioners at the IRS prior to the start of Long’s tenure in June.