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But Trump exaggerated or misstated many of the facts surrounding public safety in Washington, where the crime rate has fallen ...
Mother of slain congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym praises Trump's efforts to address Washington, D.C. crime after son's unsolved murder in June.
According to Justice Department research, violent crime in D.C. hit a 30-year low in 2024, and on Monday, D.C. Metro Police ...
Section 740 of the Home Rule Act allows for the president to take over Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department for 48 ...
The FBI includes a broader range of assaults in its violent crime data for D.C. based on what local police provide to the bureau. Consequently, the FBI’s data show that the number of violent offenses ...
Trump claims that he is acting to quell a spike in violent crime. And although he might very well feel sincere concern about ...
My friend and his wife, longtime residents of Washington, D.C., helped me understand one of the root causes of crime in the ...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore blasted President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard to help with policing in ...
President Donald Trump, justifying his temporary federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital, claimed at a ...
President Trump has declared a public safety emergency in Washington, D.C., taking control of the police and activating the National Guard, despite city officials noting that crime rates are falling.
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.
The president announced Monday that he would send in the National Guard to combat 'out of control crime' and 'rising violence ...