Trump fulfills campaign promise by federalizing D.C. with 30-day emergency control, cracking down on crime in the nation's capital.

President Trump has warned he might send the National Guard to other cities. The Black mayors of those cities vow to push back.

Trump has long focused on crime and cleanliness in DC and other cities, sparring periodically with Democratic mayors during his first term over law enforcement. In the summer of 2020, he weighed a federal takeover of the DC police to quell demonstrations over the police killing of George Floyd.

As the Trump administration asserts control over the Washington, D.C., police force to address crime, Maryland Democrats say it has overlooked an obvious first step: the city’s budget.

Another week of the Trump administration saw significant developments in domestic and foreign policy, including drastic action to reduce crime in the nation s capital and additional efforts to secure

Small groups of federal agents gathered throughout Washington, DC, on Thursday night to clear out homeless encampments as part of President Donald Trump’s takeover of law enforcement in the nation’s capital.

Alec Baldwin reacted with alarm to President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the Washington, D.C., police department and his deployment of troops to the city — saying they are examples of Trump’s “insane moves” to “deflect from his inadequacy.

Actor Alec Baldwinunleashed on Donald Trumpin an explosive video on August 14 after the president announced he would deploy the National Guard and put the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control to combat crime in the city.