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Violent crime in DC has fallen in 2024 and 2025

CNN on MSN · 3h

Tracking DC’s violent crime decline

President Donald Trump cited pervasive crime as justification for federalizing police in the nation’s capital, but statistics for crime in Washington, DC tell a different story in recent years.

POLITICO on MSN · 11h

House Republicans back up Trump on DC crime push

Speaker Mike Johnson, for instance, said in a post on X that “House Republicans support this effort to CLEAN UP Washington, END the crime wave, and RESTORE the beauty of the greatest capital in the world.

Fact check: Violent crime in DC has fallen in 2024 and 2025 after a 2023 spike

President Donald Trump, justifying his temporary federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital, claimed at a press conference Monday that the violent crime situation in Washington, DC, “is getting worse,

Trump, Washington and National Guard

Associated Press News on MSN · 4h

Trump’s Washington police takeover echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime

President Donald Trump has taken control of the District of Columbia’s law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to deploy onto the streets of the nation’s capital.

azcentral.com · 5h

Trump says Washington needs National Guard protection. Police data says crime is down.

Though the Trump administration claims violence in the capital is getting worse, police statistics show violent crime has been declining.

PolitiFact · 9h

Trump exaggerates Washington, DC, crime while ordering police takeover and National Guard deployment

President Donald Trump said he is deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., and taking control of the Metropolitan Police Department. The nation’s capital is "becoming a situation of complete and total lawlessness,

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Trump says Baltimore ‘so far gone’ on crime, deploys National Guard to Washington, DC

President Donald Trump took a shot at Baltimore on Monday, calling Charm City “so far gone” on crime despite its recent ...

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Washington, DC, Facing $20 Million Security Funding Cut Despite Trump Complaints of Crime

A Metropolitan police vehicle remains parked on Georgia Ave and Princeton Pl NW after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an ...

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FACT FOCUS: Trump exaggerates, misstates facts on Washington crime

But Trump exaggerated or misstated many of the facts surrounding public safety in Washington, where the crime rate has fallen ...

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Trump asserts control of Washington DC police, will deploy National Guard in nation's capital

President Trump promised a weekend crackdown on Washington, D.C.'s homeless population and criminals. Trump activated federal ...

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Wes Moore slams Trump’s DC National Guard deployment as ‘deeply dangerous,’ touts Maryland crime drop

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore condemned President Trump’s takeover of D.C.’s police and National Guard deployment as “deeply ...

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Trump says he’s wants to rescue Washington, DC from ‘crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor’

President Donald Trump says he's placing Washington, D.C., police under federal control and is deploying the National Guard.

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Trump's DC crime clean-up is not a partisan issue: Doug Burgum

Fox News correspondent Alexandria Hoff has the details on President Donald Trump's public safety emergency. Interior ...

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