Trump claims that he is acting to quell a spike in violent crime. And although he might very well feel sincere concern about ...

The president cast his actions as necessary to "rescue" Washington from a purported wave of lawlessness. Statistics show that violent crime shot up in 2023 but has been rapidly declining since.

Section 740 of the Home Rule Act allows for the president to take over Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department for 48 hours, with possible extensions to 30 days, during times of emergencies. No ...

But Florida's House Speaker is now forming a committee to explore redistricting. That had California Gov. Gavin Newsom, posting on social media, calling for a "truce" – an end to redrawing maps in red ...

The bumbling local government’s failures means that Washington, DC, has never been a worthy seat for the world’s greatest and ...

“We’re going to be removing homeless encampments from beautiful parks, which now, a lot of people can’t walk on,” Trump told ...

For years, prominent voices on the right argued that Democrats were enacting a police state. They labeled everything—a report ...

Trump announced plans on Monday to send 800 National Guard troops to Washington D.C., as his California guard deployment is on trial.

Texas Republicans will again try to convene the state Legislature Monday for a vote on redrawing congressional maps in their ...

Don’t fall for it. That picture of Trump falling is fake. Here is when he did stumble 3 people dead, suspect in custody after ...

Violent crime in Washington, D.C. fell by double digits in 2024 and again in the first half of 2025, yet on Monday, President Donald Trump officially declared a “public safety emergency” and said he ...

Trump has unveiled a number of moves aimed at cutting drug prices in recent months, but he has yet to move the needle on reducing costs - much less slashing them by 1,500%, which is mathematically ...