An emboldened President Donald Trump is increasingly using his bully pulpit to stamp his imprint on Washington, DC — pushing the bounds of executive power to reshape a city that once snubbed him.

Federal troops are patrolling the National Mall and neighborhoods across Washington while President Donald Trump's administration exerts extraordinary power over law enforcement in the nation's capital.

WASHINGTON — The nation’s capital sued to block President Donald Trump’s takeover of its police department in court on Friday, hours after his administration escalated its intervention into the city’s law enforcement by naming a federal official as the new emergency head of the department.

Trump has painted a picture of the U.S. capital as a city gripped by a wave of crime and pervasive homelessness, despite both federal and city crime statistics showing that violent crime has declined precipitously since a spike in 2023.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took unprecedented steps toward federalizing Washington, D.C . on Monday, saying it’s needed to fight crime even as city leaders pointed to data showing violence is down.

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

President Donald Trump said Monday that he’s deploying the National Guard across Washington and taking over the city’s police department.

Washington Examiner journalist Anna Giaritelli shares how a 2020 sexual assault in Washington, D.C., changed her life and career after her attacker was repeatedly released.

In June, 40 percent of millennials approved of his job performance while 53 percent disapproved, according to YouGov/Economist.