President Donald Trump said the federal government will take control of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department.

The 1973 law granted the city a greater degree of self-governance. It also allows the president to federalize D.C.'s police force.

The president is holding a news conference Monday morning to discuss efforts to fight crime and clean up the nation's capital ...

"Instead of commandeering the local police and deploying the military to the City’s streets, Donald Trump should give D.C.

The lawsuit by the National Endowment for Democracy is just one among dozens against the administration for frozen or withheld money previously approved by Congress.

Panic has gripped the African Democratic Congress as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission allegedly targets key members of the 2027 coalition, who are working to unseat President Bola Tinubu ...

Donald Trump said he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city's police department, an extraordinary assertion of presidential power in the nation's ...

Section 740 of the Home Rule Act allows for the president to take over Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department for 48 ...

Trump and his party have been threatening a D.C. takeover for years and made it part of the Republican platform last year.

As he deploys the National Guard and takes over the police force, how much power does President Donald Trump have over D.C.?

The effort to redraw congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections could make GOP incumbents vulnerable.