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In Washington police takeover, federal agents and National Guard take on new tasks

Federal agents who typically investigate drug lords, weapons traffickers or cyber criminals have fanned out across the nation ...

FBI agents are again pulled from their day jobs to address a Trump priority

FBI agents – thrust into yet another role for which they are not trained – have been put on patrol duties with local police ...

Washington D.C. attorney general sues to stop federal takeover of police department

Washington, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's attempt ...

Trump asserts control of Washington, D.C., 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 ...

FBI Director Kash Patel backs Trump's DC police takeover: 'When you let good cops be cops, they deliver'

FBI Director Kash Patel spoke to agents as the Trump administration places D.C. Metropolitan Police under federal control and activates National Guard troops amid high crime.

Examining claim violent crime in Washington, DC, is at 30-year low

Critics have expressed skepticism at data coming from the Metropolitan Police Department of the U.S. capital. Snopes looked ...

Washington’s murder rate is up, but that’s not the whole story

Violent crime numbers in Washington have soared upwards despite a nationwide decline in crime, according to an FBI national ...

Trump's federal crime operation brings 100 arrests, 800 National Guard troops to Washington

Trump's federal crime task force makes 45 arrests overnight in Washington, D.C., while protests emerge against National Guard deployment and police takeover.