Members of the National Guard are arriving in Washington, D.C., after President Trump declared a "crime emergency" in the nation's capital.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with chair of the Council of the District of Columbia, Phil Mendelson, about President Trump's emergency declaration and National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C.

Despite an apparent drop in the city’s violent crime, President Trump announced a “public safety emergency” in D.C., deploying 800 of the city’s National Guard and over 450 federal law ...

RESTORING PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY IN WASHINGTON, D.C.: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order declaring a crime emergency in the ...

President Trump said that he is deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and that the federal government has taken control of the D.C. police.

President Trump announced Monday he was taking federal control of the Washington, D.C., police department and deploying the National Guard in the nation’s capital in an effort to crack down o… ...

How Trump’s DC takeover could supercharge surveillance The emergency declaration, combined with new tech, will give government broad new abilities to watch and monitor citizens.

Trump federalizes D.C. police, says takeover will enable federal employees to work in peace Agency officials say federal staff are excited and prepared for new deployments.

President Donald Trump used the Home Rule Act to take over Washington, D.C., police, citing crime. The takeover has a 30-day limit, unless Congress extends it. Experts say a national emergency ...

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Donald Trump said he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city's police department, an extraordinary assertion of presidential power in the nation ...