A provision of DC's 1973 Home Rule Act allows a president to take control of the police department during an emergency. Trump is the first to do so. Because of DC's unique status as the seat of ...

WASHINGTON – Although President Donald Trump threatened to extend his takeover of Washington's Metropolitan Police Department to fight crime and homelessness to other cities, it can't be replicated ...

The House passed legislation Tuesday that would overhaul how youth who commit crimes are prosecuted in the District of Columbia as congressional Republicans mobilized behind President Donald Trump’s ...

• DC v. Trump: Washington, DC, sued the Trump administration to block the federal takeover of the city’s police department, after Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday ordered the city to accept an ...

In the first week after the White House effectively seized control of Washington, DC’s police force and deployed federal agents and troops to the district, the city saw a moderate drop in reported ...

For months, DC residents have watched federal officers and out-of-state National Guard units patrol their neighborhoods, fueling a surge in arrests that has burdened court dockets and pushed the ...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed two Republican bills aimed at overhauling the District of Columbia's justice system. House Bill 5214, which brings back cash bail, passed 237-179. Cash bail ...