Attorney General Pam Bondi is effectively in charge of the police department in Washington, D.C., — so says the White House.

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and police chief Pamela Smith spoke to reporters after a meeting Tuesday morning with ...

D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith faces social media mockery after appearing confused by reporter's question about chain of command following Trump's federalization of department.

The Metropolitan Police along with federal agencies tasked with helping curb crime in the nation’s capital are scrambling to ...

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough challenges Democratic strategist Symone Sanders, trying to downplay crime in DC in opposition to ...

President Donald Trump's promised law enforcement surge in the nation's capital didn't appear to happen as scheduled on its ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is putting Washington, D.C. police "under direct federal control" -- invoking Section 740 of D.C.'s Home Rule Act, which deals with control of the ...

President Donald Trump announced he is placing the Washington, DC, police department “under direct federal control” and deploying National Guard troops to the nation’s capital, saying the move is ...

He took command of the police department and deployed the National Guard under laws and Constitutional powers that give the federal government more sway over the nation’s capital than other cities.