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Fact check: Violent crime in DC has fallen in 2024 and 2025 after a 2023 spike
President Donald Trump, justifying his temporary federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital, claimed at a press ...
Live updates: National Guard troops arrive in Washington DC as Trump’s federal takeover begins
President Donald Trump took unprecedented steps toward federalizing Washington, D.C. on Monday, taking command of the police ...
Fact checking Trump's Washington DC crime claim and assessing small boat crossings
While we wait for those figures, you can read our overnight fact-check on President Trump’s claim that crime in Washington DC ...
Trump asserts control of Washington DC police, will deploy National Guard in nation's capital
President Trump promised a weekend crackdown on Washington, D.C.'s homeless population and criminals. Trump activated federal ...
Mother of slain congressional intern praises Trump's Washington, DC crime crackdown
Mother of slain congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym praises Trump's efforts to address Washington, D.C. crime after ...
Police union chairman blames DC crime problem on ‘bad legislation’ from city council
DC Police Union Chairman Greggory Pemberton laid the blame for the crime in Washington, D.C., on the “radical activists” on ...
FACT FOCUS: Trump exaggerates, misstates facts on Washington crime
But Trump exaggerated or misstated many of the facts surrounding public safety in Washington, where the crime rate has fallen ...
Washington, DC, Facing $20 Million Security Funding Cut Despite Trump Complaints of Crime
A Metropolitan police vehicle remains parked on Georgia Ave and Princeton Pl NW after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an ...
Wes Moore slams Trump’s DC National Guard deployment as ‘deeply dangerous,’ touts Maryland crime drop
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore condemned President Trump’s takeover of D.C.’s police and National Guard deployment as “deeply ...