Tag: D.C.
Trump administration seeks more federal police officers in Washington, DC
By Courtney RozenWASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has launched a website to recruit more law enforcement…
Confederate statue toppled in 2020 reinstalled in D.C.
Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A statue of a Confederate general toppled amid the civil rights protests that swept…
Protesters nationwide hold ‘No Kings’ rallies amid government shutdown
Significant crowds in major cities like New York City and Washington, D.C., and even in London, were observed…
Bowser doesn’t think it’s legal for National Guard to ‘police Americans on American soil’
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, said she is skeptical that the federal deployment of the National…
Trump suggests using US cities as ‘training grounds’ for military
President Donald Trump told a gathering of military leaders Tuesday they should use American cities as “training grounds”…
Man fishes 4-foot alligator out of the Washington Channel in D.C.
Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A Washington, D.C., man used a net on a pole to make an unusual…
New Mexico AG joins legal challenge to National Guard occupation of D.C.
Attorneys general from 22 states, including New Mexico, filed a brief Sept. 15, 2025 challenging President Donald Trump’s…
D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, age 88, faces a high-profile call to retire
Eleanor Holmes Norton — the 88-year-old nonvoting delegate for Washington, D.C., in the House of Representatives — is…
Federal takeover of D.C. police expiring; National Guard to remain
Washington — The federal government's 30-day takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., expires Wednesday, although…
Mugshots of Capitol Hill intern murder suspects revealed as manhunt continues for third suspect
Police released mugshots of the two 17-year-olds accused in the June shooting death of a Capitol Hill intern…
Defense lawyer in D.C. tries to get client released with filing saying “Help!!!!”
A woman who was arrested for spitting at a police officer at the National Zoo earlier this month…
What D.C. crime data show amid National Guard deployments
In the nearly three weeks since President Trump deployed federal troops and law enforcement agents throughout Washington, D.C.,…