The showdown in Washington is the latest attempt by Trump to test the boundaries of his legal authority to carry out his ...

DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit Friday against the Trump administration over its moves to take over the city’s police department and appoint an emergency commission ...

Concerns came to a head during the pandemic, when carjackings surged and many of those arrested were children. Carjackings ...

D.C. District judge Ana Reyes has scheduled an emergency hearing for 2 p.m. Friday on D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb's ...

District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit saying Trump is going beyond his legal power over the ...

Then-Sen. Joe Biden described avoiding red traffic signals in Washington, D.C., due to carjackers while advocating for his crime bill on the Senate floor.

President Donald Trump says data showing crime decreasing in Washington, D.C., is fake and has a novel way to fix it: ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi rolled back several policies that previously curtailed officers’ ability to work with federal ...

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The collapse on Friday of a sixth round of U.N. talks aimed at curbing plastic output has dimmed hopes of tackling a key ...

The District of Columbia is suing the Trump administration Friday, alleging overreach after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi installed an emergency police chief.

Hundreds of National Guard troops fanned out across Washington, D.C., on Tuesday as the Trump administration rolled out an aggressive new campaign to remove homeless encampments from the nation’s ...