While it is mostly called to respond to state-level emergencies, the National Guard has also been called to enforce law. The ...

President Donald Trump directly controls DC's police and National Guard because of the federal enclave's unique status, ...

A ‘significantly higher’ presence of guard members was expected Wednesday night, according to the White House.

The National Guard is a reserve force of the U.S. military that is typically deployed by states in response to natural ...

The National Guard in Washington, D.C., will serve as a “beacon” for other major U.S. cities, including New York and Los ...

Former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn says President Trump's crackdown in Washington, D.C. could tarnish police ...

U.S. President Donald Trump says there will be “very severe consequences” if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t agree to stop his war in Ukraine after their Friday summit in Alaska, though he di ...

Washington, D.C., councilmember Brooke Pinto reacts to the federal takeover and National Guard deployment to the city by President Trump.

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is responding in support of President Donald Trump’s “takeover” of the city, saying she and the police chief plan to make the increased federal force “useful” for ...

Federal law allows the president to federalize the capital city’s police force for 30 days in the event of an emergency, but ...

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would ask for “long-term extensions" to the 30-day federal takeover of D.C. police.