Matt Delaney

Transportation Dept. to run Union Station, aims to improve commercial prospects, clear out homeless

The Trump administration on Wednesday said it plans to take managerial control of Union Station to unlock the historic station's commercial potential.

August 27, 2025

D.C. sees first homicide since law enforcement surge, as Trump calls for death penalty for murder

The District recorded its first homicide in the nearly two weeks since federal law enforcement surged in the nation's capital, while President Trump declared Tuesday that anyone who commits murder in the city will face capital punishment.

August 26, 2025

DC’s 12-day streak of no killings ends, as prosecutors ID violent suspects nabbed by feds

The District witnessed its first killing in nearly two weeks amid the federal law enforcement surge in the nation's capital, while prosecutors began identifying some of the criminal suspects arrested by authorities during the citywide crackdown.

August 26, 2025

Trump signs orders targeting cashless bail policies in D.C., other states

President Trump signed an executive order Monday threatening to pull federal support from the District of Columbia and other jurisdictions that refuse to ditch their cashless bail policies.

August 25, 2025

Trump trades barbs with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore over ‘crime ridden’ Baltimore

President Trump blasted Maryland Gov. Wes Moore about "crime ridden" Baltimore on Sunday after the Democrat sent a letter last week inviting the president to visit his state amid dramatic reductions in violent crime.

August 24, 2025

Military attorneys to help with D.C. crime caseload during federal takeover

Military attorneys are being sent to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the District as prosecutors look to add some extra legal muscle amid President Trump's federal crackdown on crime in the nation's capital.

August 21, 2025

Trump speaks to police, National Guard troops ahead of joining patrol

President Trump on Thursday spoke to a large crowd of federal law enforcement and National Guard troops in Southeast before his nighttime patrol with guard members and D.C. police as part of his mission to lower crime in the District.

August 21, 2025

Old accusations of D.C. police distorting violent crime data resurface amid DOJ probe

Two lawsuits from former Metropolitan Police Department officers accusing the department of suppressing violent crime numbers are getting another look during the political rumpus over President Trump's deployment of troops to fight crime in the District of Columbia.

August 20, 2025

Justice Department investigating D.C. police for minimizing violent crime numbers

The Justice Department on Tuesday opened an investigation of the Metropolitan Police Department allegedly publishing phony crime data to make the city appear safer than it is, according to multiple reports.

August 19, 2025

National Guardsmen expand operations into 10 D.C. Metro stations

Three more Republican-led states are sending National Guard troops to the District amid President Trump's declared emergency over crime.

August 19, 2025

Residents in D.C.’s high-crime neighborhoods back federal takeover of city police

Robbie Woodland was skeptical of President Trump's takeover of the District of Columbia until she spotted a patrol firsthand in Southeast.

August 18, 2025

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