After declaring a public safety emergency Aug. 11 in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump suggested that declaring a national emergency would let him bypass the law’s limits.

The showdown in Washington is the latest attempt by Trump to test the boundaries of his legal authority to carry out his ...

Washington is seeking an emergency restraining order to block President Donald Trump’s takeover of its police department.

The move followed Attorney General Pam Bondi's announcement that DEA chief Terry Cole would assume the duties of police chief ...

Photos from Washington, D.C. show crews dismantling a homeless encampment near the Kennedy Center on Thursday.

Trump has painted a picture of the U.S. capital as a city gripped by a wave of crime and pervasive homelessness, despite both ...

Washington Examiner journalist Anna Giaritelli shares how a 2020 sexual assault in Washington, D.C., changed her life and ...

The Democratic mayor of Washington, Muriel Bowser, has authority over the city's Metropolitan Police Department. But a ...

President Trump’s virtually unchecked makeover of institutions and government creates the appearance of gilded grandeur and ...

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

President Donald Trump has announced plans to move homeless people away from the nation's capital as part of a crime ...