Notably, the order's text also paves the way for more guard deployments from other states and overall increases by giving Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authority to activate troops at "such numbers ...

US President Donald Trump said Monday he’s placing the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and deploying the National Guard to make the nation’s capital safer. Trump has promised ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he’s taking over Washington’s police department and activating 800 members of the National Guard in the hopes of reducing crime, even as city ...

Ark., discusses how President Donald Trump can bring crime under control in Washington, D.C. on 'America's Newsroom.' ...

Trump mentioned New York, Baltimore, and Oakland as other cities where he wants to put the police under federal control.

President Donald Trump announced Monday his plan to activate hundreds of National Guard troops and federalize the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department to address violent crime in the nation ...

With President Donald Trump enforcing a federal takeover of D.C., here’s an in-depth look at the city’s crime rates through the years.

President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is federalizing the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department to ...

Trump has put the nation’s capital under federal occupation.

I’m announcing a historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse,” Trump said.

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 ...

There's an increased police presence in D.C. as part of President Trump's efforts to enhance the city's safety.