President Donald Trump ordered a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, and deployed 800 National Guard troops to the capital. His sweeping move has reignited the national conversation around crime in the District.

Trump has put the nation’s capital under federal occupation. People participate in a rally against the Trump administration’s federal takeover of the District of Columbia on August 11, 2025, in Washington, DC. Washington, DC, already lacks ...

He took command of the police department and deployed the National Guard under laws and Constitutional powers that give the federal government more sway over the nation's capital than other cities. Its historically majority Black population wasn't electing ...

Last year, I first proposed to my husband the idea of allowing our preteen daughter to ride the Washington, DC, Metro alone. She wants to take Irish dance classes in the city, and a weekly drive in from the Maryland suburbs is too much for the family schedule.

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, suspect in the Washington shooting, was admitted under Operation Allies Welcome has sparked renewed scrutiny of the program.