US EditionTrump says he is deploying National Guard and federalizing D.C. police in crime-fighting effort
- On August 11, 2025, President Donald Trump declared he would bring the D.C. Metropolitan Police under federal authority and send a contingent of National Guard soldiers to address the escalating crime rates in Washington, D.C.
- Trump activated a provision from a 1973 law governing D.C., enabling the federal government to assume control over local police forces for up to 30 days, in response to safety concerns following an August assault on Edward Coristine.
- The operation involved 850 officers and led to 23 arrests for crimes including homicide, drug possession, and stalking, while six illegal guns were seized on the first night.
- Trump called August 11 “liberation day in D.C.” pledging to “take criminals off the streets,” while civil rights leaders denounced the move as an unjustified distraction and local officials found it unsettling.
- This federal intervention marks a historic and politically contentious shift in local law enforcement control and could set a precedent for action in other major U.S. cities facing crime challenges.
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Many have wanted a federal crime crackdown for years
Last month, President Donald Trump made headlines by announcing a sweeping federal intervention in the nation’s capital, deploying the National Guard across Washington, D.C., and taking temporary control of the Metropolitan Police Department. The move, he said, is aimed at driving down crime rates — despite the city’s mayor noting that crime has been trending downward in recent months. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser acknowledged she lacked the legal a…
Faulty DC Crime Stats Say: Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes About Crime in Our Nation’s Capital
Those complaining about President Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C. crime crackdown claim that crime isn’t as bad as it seems. Even more unbelievably, they claim that violent crime in our nation’s capital is at a 30-year low. In other words, they’re saying: Don’t believe your lying eyes. Crime isn’t as bad as it seems. But a quick walk through downtown D.C. shows that isn’t true. And it especially isn’t true in some of the hardest-hit, most violen…
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