This week is a reminder that Democrats are still vulnerable to the classic GOP law-and-order gambit deployed by Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, and most ruthlessly by Trump. It’s far easier to demonize criminals than to produce real solutions. But Democrats need to come up with something before 2028.

Democrats in Congress denounced the 30-day mobilization inside the capital, which Trump previewed during the 2024 election, as an “unjustified power grab” and vowed to block an extension. The city’s elected attorney general called it an “unlawful” abuse of emergency powers to lower crime rates that the administration itself said had fallen.

A CNN panel suggested on Monday that the response from national Democrats to President Donald Trump's plan to address crime in Washington, D.C. might come across as tone-deaf.

Whatever you may think of President Donald Trump, you can’t deny he has a flair for theatrics. This skill has been on full display since Sunday evening when he announced he would “take federal control” of,

The hosts of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" discussed Tuesday President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. this week.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed Democrats will fight "tooth and nail" against President Donald Trump's request to extend federal control over D.C. police beyond 30 days.

Fear and confusion are spreading within Washington, DC’s homeless population at the start of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on encampments.

Some Senate Democrats, itching for a major showdown with Republicans, are advocating for their party to filibuster their way into a government shutdown this fall. Democratic Connecticut Sen.

With federal and local officers on D.C.’s streets, here’s what to know about what law enforcement agencies can legally order you to do — and what they can’t.