Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser slammed President Donald Trump’s decision to place D.C. police under federal control and ...

Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser called for statehood for the District of Columbia Monday after President Donald Trump ...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser expressed concern over President Trump’s federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department, but vowed to work to ensure the situation does not become a ...

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

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser called President Trump’s sweeping crimefighting takeover in the District on Monday “unsettling and unprecedented,” but said she wasn’t surprised. “I’m going to work every day ...

President Donald Trump’s takeover of the Washington, D.C., police department will temporarily reduce the district’s autonomy.

President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is putting Washington, D.C. police "under direct federal control" -- invoking Section 740 of D.C.'s Home Rule Act, which deals with control of the ...

(The Center Square) – “Liberation Day” arrived Monday in Washington, D.C., as declared by President Donald Trump. The president declared a crime emergency in the district and said the National Guard ...

With a move to take over law enforcement in Washington, D.C., Trump also vows to clear away the homeless and pave the potholes.

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 ...

But Trump exaggerated or misstated many of the facts surrounding public safety in Washington, where the crime rate has fallen ...

President Donald Trump is promising new steps to tackle homelessness and crime in Washington, prompting the city's mayor to voice concerns about the potential use of the National Guard to patrol the ...