President Donald Trump is promising new steps to tackle homelessness and crime in Washington. WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 streets in the nation's capital.

President Donald Trump is promising to announce new steps to tackle homelessness and crime in Washington just days after directing federal law enforcement agencies to increase their presence in Washington and suggesting the federal government could seize control of the city.

Trump says homeless people must go "far" from the nation's capital, as part of his anti-crime plan, but the mayor pushes back.