Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, who has denied crime is out of control in her city, described the troop ...

Trump invokes federal control over D.C. police amid crime surge, with National Guard spotted leaving armory as authorities ...

National Guard troops called on to active-duty by President Donald Trump arrived at the footsteps of the Washington Monument ...

Mayor Muriel Bowser sought to reassure residents in the nation's capital, adding that the National Guard deployment was ...

While it is mostly called to respond to state-level emergencies, the National Guard has also been called to enforce the law.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump deployed 800 National Guard troops to the streets of Washington, DC, a rare flex of his ...

Muriel Bowser says president’s move to federalize city police force demonstrates why the District of Columbia needs statehood ...

President Donald Trump said the federal government will take control of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department.

1. Trump activated the National Guard. The president can still call up the National Guard in Washington. His authority is ...

About 800 National Guard members were activated to support the D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department for at least 30 days as Trump's direction.

President Donald Trump said he is deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., and taking control of the Metropolitan Police Department. The nation’s capital is "becoming a situation of ...

Though the Trump administration claims violence in the capital is getting worse, police statistics show violent crime has ...