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

With a move to take over law enforcement in Washington, D.C., Trump also vows to clear away the homeless and pave the ...

President Trump said he would take over Washington, D.C.'s police force and deploy National Guard troops to fight crime and ...

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is holding a press conference following President Donald Trump's announcement Monday ...

"Any comparison to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false," said Mayor Bowser amid Trump's escalation in rhetoric against ...

Washington is a district, not a state, so it doesn't have a governor. For most of it's history it didn't have control over its own budget or affairs. Instead, U.S. Congress and the president both play ...

Trump posted online Monday the nation’s capital would be “LIBERATED" and he'd end the “days of ruthlessly killing, or hurting ...

By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Donald Trump today seized direct control of Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department, removing authority from Mayor Muriel ...

I’m announcing a historic action to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse,” Trump said.