In southeast Washington, DC, children stood in line Friday to receive new backpacks filled with school supplies, while community organizers passed out free hot dogs and hamburgers to teenagers to celebrate the last few days of summer before.

The Trump administration’s crackdown on violent crime in Washington, D.C., has already netted more than 240 arrests and seized 38 guns off the streets, a White House official said.

The lawsuit brought by Washington says Trump exceeded his authority under the Home Rule Act of 1973 in taking over the Metropolitan Police Department.

Former Vice President Pence backed Trump's federal action in Washington, D.C., citing high homicide rates, while Democrats counter claims of violent crime rise.

President Donald Trump has described Washington, DC, as a city overrun by “violent gangs” and “lawlessness,” despite official data showing violent crime has fallen to a five-year low. At Trump’s request,

NBC News chief foreign correspondent Andrea Mitchell complained on this week's 'Meet the Press' roundtable that Trump's federal takeover of the Washington D.C. police is "performative" because there have been fewer arrests than "normal.

The Republican governors of three states are deploying hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington at the request of the Trump administration.

The left sees President Donald Trump’s attempted takeover of law enforcement in Washington as part of multifront march to autocracy.

WASHINGTON — The nation’s capital sued to block President Donald Trump’s takeover of its police department in court on Friday, hours after his administration escalated its intervention into the city’s law enforcement by naming a federal official as the new emergency head of the department.

Some Ohio National Guard members will be deployed across our nation’s capital. Governor Mike DeWine announced Saturday that 150 military police from the Ohio National Guard will be sent to Washington, D.C. to support the DC National Guard, according to the governor’s spokesperson.

D.C. police will enforce a Juvenile Curfew Zone in the Navy Yard neighborhood starting Friday, citing ongoing safety concerns tied to large youth gatherings. The move comes as President Donald Trump took control of the city’s police department and activated National Guard members to help reduce crime in the District.