After declaring a public safety emergency Aug. 11 in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump suggested that declaring a national emergency would let him bypass the law’s limits.

The showdown in Washington is the latest attempt by Trump to test the boundaries of his legal authority to carry out his ...

WASHINGTON — The nation’s capital sued to block President Donald Trump’s takeover of its police department in court on Friday ...

District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb said in a new lawsuit that Trump is going far beyond his power under the ...

Trump has painted a picture of the U.S. capital as a city gripped by a wave of crime and pervasive homelessness, despite both ...

The president cited a number of false and misleading claims about homicides and youth crime in the nation’s capital.

Washington Examiner journalist Anna Giaritelli shares how a 2020 sexual assault in Washington, D.C., changed her life and ...

The Democratic mayor of Washington, Muriel Bowser, has authority over the city's Metropolitan Police Department. But a ...

President Donald Trump says homeless people in the nation’s capital will be moved far from the city as part of his federal ...

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

Some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by the Trump administration to assist with law enforcement have begun ...