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MSNBC host reveals DC journalist privately shared concerns about crime while publicly denouncing Trump's plan

Joe Scarborough pointed out on "Morning Joe" contradictions between reporters' private safety concerns and public criticism ...

DC mayor says Trump takeover shows why US capital should be 51st state

America needs to know why your nation’s capital, a place where 700,000 tax-paying Americans live, should be the 51st state,” ...

National Guard troops arrive in Washington DC on Trump's orders

Trump says he is taking also control of the city's police force as he pledges to crack down on crime and homelessness.

Trump admin live updates: National Guard troops arriving in DC

National Guard troops are arriving in Washington after President Donald Trump announced on Monday that 800 National Guard ...

President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about DC echoes a history of racist narratives about urban crime

President Donald Trump has taken control of the District of Columbia’s law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to ...

Assessing small boat crossings and fact-checking Trump's Washington DC crime claim

While we wait for those figures, you can read our overnight fact-check on President Trump’s claim that crime in Washington DC ...

If DC was a state, it would have the highest murder rate in the country, former top AG says

Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr ridicules criticism of President Donald Trump's actions to fight crime as 'completely ...

Philadelphia DA Krasner, religious leaders call Trump’s DC police takeover racist, say there’s no legal avenue to do the same in Philly

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and city religious leaders on Tuesday decried President Donald Trump’s plan to ...