Trump fulfills campaign promise by federalizing D.C. with 30-day emergency control, cracking down on crime in the nation's capital.

President Donald Trump has declared a public safety emergency in Washington DC and placed the capital city's police under federal control.

While hundreds of federal law enforcement officers continue to roam the streets of Washington, DC today as part of Trump’s ongoing federal police surge in the nation’s capital, DC leaders are taking a victory lap.

Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up Wednesday to protest the increased police presence after the White House said the number of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital would ramp up and federal officers would be the streets around the clock.

A Washington, D.C., man facing charges of assault of a federal officer after he allegedly threw a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent during a confrontation this week, worked for the Department of Justice at the time, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Trump was able to execute his recent takeover of Washington D.C.’s law enforcement because of the level of control the federal government still holds over the city. Despite being home to more than 700,

Trump's crime crackdown in Washington, D.C., cuts gun permit processing time from months to just five days through streamlined concealed carry and firearm registration.

Trump's plan to address crime in D.C. calls for deploying National Guard troops along the National Mall overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, according to a source.