On the pretext of a “crime wave” in the city, Trump’s latest “big lie,” he is putting the US capital under military rule.

President Donald Trump has taken control of the District of Columbia’s law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to deploy onto the streets of the nation’s capital.

The move has already caused confusion among federal agents tasked with tackling local crime. "No one knows who is in charge ...

President Donald Trump is promising to announce new steps to tackle homelessness and crime in Washington just days after ...

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 ...

The president is holding a news conference Monday morning to discuss efforts to fight crime and clean up the nation's capital ...

If the president goes ahead with the idea, he is expected to announce it at a news conference scheduled for Monday morning.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser is voicing concerns about the president's potential use of the National Guard to patrol ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to announce the deployment of the National Guard to patrol D.C. streets at a ...

Civil rights leaders say Trump, a longtime antagonist, is overreaching by taking over policing in the nation's capital.

Donald Trump said he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city's police department, an extraordinary assertion of presidential power in the nation's ...