WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's 30-day public emergency declaration in Washington is set to expire after Sept. 10, ending the federal takeover of the city's police department but not the ...

President Donald Trump’s deployment of federal forces to Washington, DC, drew charges of authoritarianism from critics and praise from supporters who see it as a necessary response to crime. Residents ...

Well before President Donald Trump put a national spotlight on the public safety crisis in Washington, D.C., the capital’s police force faced a chronic scarcity of officers due to Democrat-championed ...

Metropolitan Police Department Chief of Police Pamela A. Smith is stepping down after two-and-a-half years, she and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday. Smith was appointed in 2023 and is the ...

Claiming the nation’s capital was overrun with “bloodthirsty criminals,” President Donald Trump seized control of the D.C. police department and deployed the National Guard to city streets last month.

Soon after he ordered a federal takeover of DC’s police department, President Trump announced a Department of Justice inquiry into whether police higher-ups had manipulated data to give the false ...

WASHINGTON — DC Police Chief Pamela Smith pushed officers to lower crime statistics “by any means necessary,” including by categorizing even some violent offenses so they weren’t reported publicly, ...

Armed officers prepare to place handcuffs on a man from within an apartment complex, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, in the Petworth neighborhood of northwest Washington. The officers pictured had "Washington ...

D.C.’s police chief is denying any wrongdoing within her department following accusations police tried to cover up an incident during which a Homeland Security officer fired into a vehicle during a ...

WASHINGTON — Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela A. Smith is stepping down. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the news via an email statement early Monday morning. Smith was named chief of police ...