Trump deploys National Guard to D.C., takes control of police in crime crackdown
President Trump said that he is deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and that the federal government has taken control of the D.C. police.
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President Trump said that he is deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and that the federal government has taken control of the D.C. police.
President Trump is hinting at further federal police action in D.C., teasing a press conference on Monday aimed at "ending the Crime, Murder, and Death."
The cities are merging their bids, with M&T Bank Stadium, home of the Baltimore Ravens, serving as the site for matches, and the National Mall hosting a fan festival.
Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday that she tested positive for COVID-19 and would "work at home while following isolation protocols."
The nation's capital is reinstating its indoor mask mandate as the region and country grapple with a fresh surge in COVID-19 infections.
Mercia Bowser, the sister of Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, has died from COVID-19 complications, the mayor said Wednesday.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that a parade will be held on Saturday at 2 p.m. for the World Series champion Washington Nationals.
The governors of Maryland and Virginia and the mayor of Washington are headed to Canada together for a trade mission.
The boos began as soon as Washington's mayor said she was putting more police officers on the streets in neighborhoods affected by violent crime. They didn't let up for the next 18 minutes as Democrat Muriel Bowser laid out her plans to address an increase in homicides in the nation's capital.
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser is once again referring to the Washington Redskins without mentioning the team's full name. But she still wants to talk to the team and owner Dan Snyder about a new stadium in the nation's capital.
The new mayor of the nation's capital gave her constituents what they wanted -- the ability to legally grow and share marijuana in private.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says the city will "explore every option" to get its law legalizing marijuana enforced.
Another District of Columbia mayoral candidate is scheduled to turn in nominating petitions to get on the ballot in November.
Muriel Bowser has built a big fundraising lead over her biggest rival as she seeks to become the District of Columbia's next mayor.
District of Columbia Democratic mayoral nominee Muriel Bowser says she would keep Kaya Henderson as chancellor of the District's public schools.
Conventional wisdom dictates that David Catania is an underdog in the race for mayor of Washington. He is white, a former Republican and openly gay in a city that has only elected African-American Democrats to its top local office.
Muriel Bowser's decisive victory in the District of Columbia's Democratic mayoral primary makes her the presumptive favorite to become the city's eighth mayor, but she can't expect to breeze through the general election like Democratic nominees have in four decades of mayoral elections.
Reeling from allegations by federal prosecutors that he knew about the dirty tricks that helped him get elected four years ago, District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray tried to rally his base. But his core supporters weren't nearly enough, as a scandal-weary electorate rallied behind a much-younger challenger who promised honest and ethical leadership.
