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ABC's Kyra Phillips said crime in downtown DC is a common problem. “I can tell you firsthand here in downtown DC where we work, right here around our bureau. Just in the past six months, you know, ...

Former White House aide Alyssa Farah Griffin weighed in on President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Washington to help curb crime rates, suggesting that he is trying to “goad ...

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Trump announced Monday that his administration is assuming control of Washington, DC’s police department and deploying 800 ...

( The Hill) – President Trump announced Monday that he was taking control of the District of Columbia’s police and deploying ...

Senator Tina Smith is calling President Donald Trump's choice to deploy the National Guard to Washington, D.C., "wasteful," ...

President Donald Trump says he's taking over DC's Metropolitan Police Department and sending National Guard troops to the ...

President Trump’s decision to take control of the Metropolitan Police Department and deploy 800 National Guard troops in ...

Trump portrayed the move as a way to curb “bloodshed, bedlam and squalor” in the nation’s capital, though data shows violent crime is declining.

In Washington, crime is relatively high, but far from the highest in the country, and it has been on a downward trend.