President Trump said he would take over Washington, D.C.'s police force and deploy National Guard troops to fight crime and ...

Washington is a district, not a state, so it doesn't have a governor. For most of it's history it didn't have control over its own budget or affairs. Instead, U.S. Congress and the president both play ...

"Any comparison to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false," said Mayor Bowser amid Trump's escalation in rhetoric against ...

Trump posted online Monday the nation’s capital would be “LIBERATED" and he'd end the “days of ruthlessly killing, or hurting ...

President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to the U.S. capital and putting Washington's ...

President Donald Trump is holding a news conference from the White House on efforts to crack down on crime in Washington, DC.

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-K.Y.) said he plans to hold a hearing with Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D),  Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D), and Attorney General Brian ...

The president recently erupted with rage at the spate of crime roiling Washington, DC, after former Department of Government ...