Section 740 of the Home Rule Act allows for the president to take over Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department for 48 hours, with possible extensions to 30 days, during times of emergencies. No ...

Washington: US President Donald Trump said at a White House press conference that he is deploying the National Guard to ...

Donald Trump has ordered 800 National Guard troops into Washington DC. Here’s how the force works, who controls it, and why ...

Trump referenced numerous examples of violent crime, including the death of UMass Amherst student and congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym.

Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund accused Nancy Pelosi of repeatedly denying his requests for National Guard assistance ...

DC Mayor says Trump’s police takeover and National Guard deployment is ‘unsettling and unprecedented’: Live - Speaking at a ...

US President Trump invoked the Home Rule Act, seizing control of the DC police, citing rising crime despite data showing a decline. He deployed the National Guard, potentially service members.

Robert Marbut said that a previous executive order Trump signed puts money into real treatment and recovery programs that ...

He's deploying the National Guard, he says, to reduce crime and break up homeless encampments, but numbers show violent crime ...

President Donald Trump once again catapulted crime in DC into the national conversation this week, putting District police ...

President Donald Trump took a shot at Baltimore on Monday, calling Charm City “so far gone” on crime despite its recent ...

US President Donald Trump is deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington DC, in an extraordinary assertion of ...