President Trump promised a weekend crackdown on Washington, D.C.'s homeless population and criminals. Trump activated federal agents to also be a show of force across the district.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would ask the Republican-controlled Congress to extend federal control of Washington's city police force beyond 30 days, escalating his campaign to exert presidential power over the nation's capital.

Both figures are above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. The new numbers suggest that slowing rent increases and cheaper gas are at least partly offsetting the impacts of Trump’s tariffs. Many businesses are also likely still absorbing much of the cost of the duties instead of passing them along to customers via higher prices.

The president cited a number of false and misleading claims about homicides and youth crime in the nation’s capital.

But Trump exaggerated or misstated many of the facts surrounding public safety in Washington, where the crime rate has fallen in recent years, while leaving out much of the context. Here’s a closer look at the facts: TRUMP: “It’s getting worse,

President Donald Trump inaccurately claimed that the murder rate in Washington, D.C., "reached the highest rate probably ever" in 2023, and he ignored a decline in murders since then to justify a federal takeover of the city's law enforcement.