The statute does not require evidence or congressional approval — only a presidential declaration of emergency.

President Trump promised a weekend crackdown on Washington, D.C.'s homeless population and criminals. Trump activated federal ...

Liberation Day” has arrived in Washington, D.C., as President Donald Trump declares a crime emergency in the district and announces that the National Guard will soon ...

Vowing to “liberate” Washington, Trump said he would put an end to “the days of ruthlessly killing, or hurting, innocent ...

Several DC lawmakers slammed Trump's latest plan to combat crime in the nation's capital, while the police union expressed their support.

Trump mentioned New York, Baltimore, and Oakland as other cities where he wants to put the police under federal control.

During his eight years on the bench in general sessions court and 35 years in criminal court, Wyatt was “one of the most fair and evenhanded judges we ever had,” his old friend Ed Yarbrough, a veteran ...

President Donald Trump reported Monday that he is placing the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control. “I’m ...

President Trump said he would deploy National Guard troops to Washington, DC, and place the city’s police department under federal control, launching an unprecedented effort to take charge of the ...