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Trump claims Washington’s murder rate is higher than Bogotá or Mexico City. Here’s what the stats from those countries say

The murder rate in Washington today is higher than that of Bogotá, Colombia; Mexico City, or some of the places that you hear ...

Trump's Washington, D.C., takeover targets a host of groups, many of them vulnerable

Some residents are skeptical that President Trump's use of tough police tactics will work to solve complex social ills.

Trump’s moves toward taking over Washington are unprecedented. Here’s what the law says

President Donald Trump took unprecedented steps toward federalizing Washington, D.C., saying it’s needed to fight crime even ...

Why doesn't Washington have a governor like states do?

Washington is a district, not a state, so it doesn't have a governor. For most of it's history it didn't have control over ...
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Man shot, killed in DC just hours after Trump federalizes Metropolitan Police Department

The first homicide under President Donald Trump's federal takeover of the District's Metropolitan Police Department comes ...

Trump says crime in Washington DC is ‘out of control’. The stats suggest otherwise

President insists capital in need of ‘liberation’ from ‘violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, ...

What is chain of command? MAGA slams Washington DC Metro's police chief Pamela Smith for not understanding question

As Donald Trump took over the control of Washington DC's police in an attempt to curb what the administration said a steep ...