There have been 465 arrests made since the start of President Donald Trump's crime crackdown in the District of Columbia.

In southeast Washington, DC, children stood in line Friday to receive new backpacks filled with school supplies, while community organizers passed out free hot dogs and hamburgers to teenagers to celebrate the last few days of summer.

Jessica Thomas, 28, filed for the mayor’s seat on Aug. 13. A lifelong Columbia resident with no political background, she’s running a campaign focused on bringing the “real-life voices” into City Hall.

After a decade of threatening to take over the deeply Democratic District of Columbia, President Donald Trump on Monday announced he would exert more federal control over the capital city by taking command of its police department and declaring a public safety emergency.

After declaring a public safety emergency Aug. 11 in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump suggested that declaring a national emergency would let him bypass the law’s limits.

In the District of Columbia, licenses are issued at the district level based on which trade your business engages in. For instance, a variety of regulated businesses must pay an additional industry-specific fee (e.g., pawnbrokers or companies that specialize in asbestos removal).

The Justice Department is investigating whether a police district commander in Washington, D.C. manipulated crime data to make rates seem lower. NBC News’ Gary Grumbach reports on what charges U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro's office is investigating.

A protest against Trump administration’s effort to overhaul policing in the District of Columbia drew scores to Dupont Circle before a march to the White House.