President Donald Trump said Monday he’s taking over Washington’s police department and activating 800 members of the National ...

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said on Monday (Aug 11) he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city's police department, an extraordinary ...

Clinton, who famously lost the 2016 election to Trump, slammed the president for the move to federalize the policing of DC.

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Civil rights leaders say Trump, a longtime antagonist, is overreaching by taking over policing in the nation's capital.

The president cast his actions as necessary to "rescue" Washington from a purported wave of lawlessness. Statistics show that violent crime shot up in 2023 but has been rapidly declining since.