Matt Delaney

Trump can’t take over D.C. police, but federal troops ramping up show of force in the city

The District of Columbia remains in political turmoil after President Trump declared a safety-inspired "takeover" of the city's streets, with a federal judge forcing him to retreat from total control of the police department and Republican governors rushing National Guard troops to deploy at federal command.

August 17, 2025

Three dead, nine wounded after gang-related shooting breaks out inside Brooklyn nightclub

New York City police said Sunday that three men were killed and nine people were wounded when a suspected gang-related shooting erupted inside a Brooklyn nightclub.

August 17, 2025

GOP-led Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia to send National Guard troops to D.C.

The Republican governors of Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia said they are sending National Guard troops to the District in support of President Trump's mission to drive down crime and disorder in the nation's capital.

August 17, 2025

DOJ employee fired for hurling sandwich at federal agent

The Justice Department on Thursday fired the man accused of throwing a Subway sandwich at a federal agent in the District over the weekend after learning he was one of the agency's staff members.

August 14, 2025

D.C. police chief praises Trump takeover for rounding up suspects as fed arrests pass 100

The District of Columbia's top cop said Wednesday that the federal agents flooding the city had made more than 100 arrests on gun, drug and homicide charges that her short-staffed police force didn't have the manpower to tackle.

August 13, 2025

National Guard hits D.C.; federal takeover already nets dozens of arrests, encampment clearings

National Guard troops put boots on the ground Tuesday in the District as the White House shared the first batch of federal arrests and warned the city's homeless they could face jail time amid President Trump's takeover of the nation's capital's policing.

August 12, 2025

D.C. records 100th homicide on same day Trump launches takeover to fight crime

The District witnessed its 100th homicide Monday night after a man was shot and killed in Logan Circle, the same neighborhood where an attack on a former federal employee inspired President Trump to take over policing in the city.

August 12, 2025

Trump rejects D.C. leaders’ crime numbers, cites high-profile incidents in local policing takeover

President Trump declared an emergency over crime in the District of Columbia while disputing the accuracy of police statistics showing a 30-year low in violence in the nation's capital.

August 11, 2025

Trump deploys National Guard to D.C., federal government to take over city police department

President Trump announced Monday that he would deploy about 800 National Guard troops to the District of Columbia and placed the city's police department under emergency federal control in an unprecedented move to combat crime in the nation's capital and remove homeless encampments.

August 11, 2025

Trump seeks willingness to compromise from both Russia, Ukraine

Don't expect either Russia or Ukraine to be "super happy" with the peace deal proposed by the U.S., Vice President J.D. Vance said, because President Trump is asking both countries to compromise to reach an agreement.

August 10, 2025

Trump fuels takeover talk with promise of crackdown on District crime

President Trump said he will reveal plans Monday to rein in crime and disorder in the District of Columbia, just days after he floated a federal takeover of the nation's capital and deployed agents throughout the city to help local police crack down on lawlessness.

August 10, 2025

Man killed in Baltimore shooting that wounded 5-year-old girl, four other adults

Baltimore police said a man died Sunday after being wounded the night before in a shooting spree near the Pimlico Race Course that also left a 5-year-old girl and four other adults injured.

August 10, 2025

Death penalty sought for ex-con charged in Tennessee quadruple killing

Tennessee prosecutors said Thursday that they will pursue the death penalty against the ex-convict accused of gunning down a family of four and then abandoning their seven-month-old baby miles away in another county.

August 7, 2025

New hate crime charges filed in killing of Israeli Embassy staffers, raising death penalty potential

D.C. federal prosecutors on Wednesday filed federal hate crime and murder charges against the man accused of gunning down two Israeli Embassy staffers this spring, giving the Justice Department the option to pursue the death penalty in the case.

August 6, 2025

Army sergeant arrested after five soldiers shot at Fort Stewart in Georgia

An Army sergeant opened fire inside Fort Stewart, Georgia, and wounded five other soldiers before being arrested Wednesday morning, military officials said.

August 6, 2025

Antisemitic vandal torches cars, sprays hateful graffiti near home of American who served in IDF

An American who served in the Israel Defense Forces was the target of an antisemitic attack in which an assailant set fire to three cars and graffitied "Death to the IDF" outside the victim's home in the St. Louis suburbs.

August 6, 2025

Crime down nationwide for second year in a row, FBI says

The number of U.S. murders, shootings, robberies and rapes declined consistently for a second straight year, according to the FBI's annual report on nationwide crime trends, although the most recent federal data on victimization shows that violence and disorder in cities remain well above 2019 levels.

August 5, 2025

Tennessee authorities capture ex-convict suspected in slaying of family of four

Tennessee authorities said Tuesday morning they captured an ex-convict who is suspected of killing a family of four and abandoning their baby miles away, ending a weeklong manhunt.

August 5, 2025

Third person charged with aiding ex-con accused of killing Tennessee family of four

Tennessee authorities on Monday charged a third person with helping a suspected murderer after he allegedly killed a family of four and then abandoned their baby in a rural corner of the state.

August 4, 2025

Ex-Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder sues VCU over ‘malicious’ and ‘retaliatory’ probe

Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder filed a federal lawsuit Friday against Virginia Commonwealth University administrators, accusing the school of launching a "malicious, unsubstantiated and retaliatory" investigation into him.

August 4, 2025