This week is a reminder that Democrats are still vulnerable to the classic GOP law-and-order gambit deployed by Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, and most ruthlessly by Trump. It’s far easier to demonize criminals than to produce real solutions. But Democrats need to come up with something before 2028.

Democrats in Congress denounced the 30-day mobilization inside the capital, which Trump previewed during the 2024 election, as an “unjustified power grab” and vowed to block an extension. The city’s elected attorney general called it an “unlawful” abuse of emergency powers to lower crime rates that the administration itself said had fallen.

A CNN panel suggested on Monday that the response from national Democrats to President Donald Trump's plan to address crime in Washington, D.C. might come across as tone-deaf.

Whatever you may think of President Donald Trump, you can’t deny he has a flair for theatrics. This skill has been on full display since Sunday evening when he announced he would “take federal control” of,

Fear and confusion are spreading within Washington, DC’s homeless population at the start of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on encampments.

Democrats must address D.C.'s rising juvenile crime honestly rather than avoiding the issue, as federal overreach from Donald Trump threatens local autonomy.

Some Senate Democrats, itching for a major showdown with Republicans, are advocating for their party to filibuster their way into a government shutdown this fall. Democratic Connecticut Sen.

Biden clinched the party's nomination earlier this year. Washington, D.C., held its presidential primary for Democratic candidates on Tuesday. President Joe Biden is the only major candidate ...

Would Republicans be sitting on their hands if a Democratic president were doing everything that Trump is doing? I would hope not, but here we are.

With federal and local officers on D.C.’s streets, here’s what to know about what law enforcement agencies can legally order you to do — and what they can’t.