DC mayor Muriel Bowser said that while the announcement by Donald Trump to federalize the Capitol police was “unsettling and unprecedented” she was “not totally surprised” by it.“My message to ...

WASHINGTON ‒ Civil rights leaders blasted President Donald Trump's move to take over policing of the nation’s capital, ...

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

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump deployed 800 National Guard troops to the streets of Washington, DC, a rare flex of his presidential authority over the military while a court mulls the legality of ...

Trump claims that he is acting to quell a spike in violent crime. And although he might very well feel sincere concern about ...

The Army has activated about 800 D.C. National Guard soldiers to support law enforcement across the nation’s capital.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law will result in less income for the poorest Americans while ...

President Donald Trump said Monday that he expected to determine mere moments into his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin this week whether it would be possible to work out a deal to halt the ...

The 1973 law granted the city a greater degree of self-governance. It also allows the president to federalize D.C.'s police ...

India, alongside China and Turkey, remains a top buyer of Russian oil, and Washington is preparing similar tariff threats.

A Food and Drug Administration official who stepped down less than two weeks ago is getting his job back as the agency's top vaccine regulator.

President Trump announced Monday that he will invoke a takeover of the Washington, D.C., police department and activate the National Guard in the nation’s capital as the District of ...