The law lets Trump control the police department for a month, but how aggressive the federal presence will be and how it could play out remained open questions.

In a second term marked by a string of high-profile fumbles, sending out the troops makes Trump feel like he’s actually doing ...

The president described the nation’s capital in apocalyptic terms as a crime-infested wasteland — a description that ignores the extent to which crime has been falling in the city.

National Guard troops have started showing up in the nation’s capital after President Trump activated them to patrol Washington’s streets, arguing that crime has gotten out of ...

President Donald Trump announced he would deploy the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and assume control of the city's ...

President Donald Trump took unprecedented steps toward federalizing Washington, D.C., saying it’s needed to fight crime even ...

A senior Army official said that some troops were deploying with D.C. police Tuesday night and that their mobilization marked ...

Monday’s 80-minute news conference represented a culmination of Trump’s campaign against D.C. crime, and of his supporters’ ...

When President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he was taking over Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department and ...