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

President Donald Trump said Monday he’s taking over Washington’s police department and activating 800 members of the National ...

A top former Trump White House national security official is warning that the President’s federalization of the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police and deployment of the National Guard and other ...

The mayor disputed Trump’s justification for declaring a crime emergency, noting that crime has been trending down in the city after spiking in 2023.

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

Section 740 of the Home Rule Act allows for the president to take over Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department for 48 ...

The 1973 law granted the city a greater degree of self-governance. It also allows the president to federalize D.C.'s police ...

President Trump said Monday that he is deploying members of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and that the federal ...

President Donald Trump can more easily take over the district's police department than he can suspend its home rule, which requires congressional action.

The National Guard could be deployed to D.C. on Monday following an announcement by President Donald Trump. WASHINGTON - ...

Hundreds of people rallied steps away from the White House as President Trump announced his takeover of the Metropolitan ...

President Donald Trump on Monday announced the deployment of the National Guard in Washington D.C. But he criticized L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom over the speed of permitting in ...