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Man fatally shot in Washington, DC hours after Trump federalizes city's police department
Police in Washington, D.C. respond to fatal shooting on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in city's Logan Circle neighborhood, just ...
Trump’s Washington police takeover echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime
President Donald Trump has taken control of Washington’s law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to deploy onto the ...
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Trump inflated DC crime stats while seizing short-term control of its police
Police statistics show steep declines in violent crime even as Trump invoked emergency powers over the department ...
Trump’s DC police takeover was fueled by attack on former DOGE staffer and his own observations of homelessness, allies say
Trump has long focused on crime and cleanliness in DC and other cities, sparring periodically with Democratic mayors during ...
Trump’s moves toward taking over Washington are unprecedented. Here’s what the law says
Section 740 of the Home Rule Act allows for the president to take over Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department for 48 ...
Trump admin plans to flood Washington with over 100 federal agents in push to make capital ‘great again’
The Trump administration plans to flood the streets of Washington, DC, with more than 100 FBI agents as a part of the ...
Washington DC Curfew Zone Map Shows Where Under 17s Banned From Gathering
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) in Washington, D.C., has released a map showing where in the city under-17-year-olds are banned from gathering after a certain time. An 11.p.m. citywide curfew ...
Trump using Washington as ‘political pawn’ with crackdown on crime, says DC councilmember
Washington, DC Councilmember Robert White joins Meet the Press NOW to react to President Trump's announcement that he’s ...