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DC gun permit wait slashed from months to days as Trump's crime crackdown continues

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.

USA Today · 1d

Protests erupt in DC over President Trump’s crime crackdown and National Guard deployment

Protesters in Washington, D.C., push back against President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown and troop deployment.

The New York Times · 1d

Trump’s D.C. Police Takeover and National Guard Deployment, Explained

President Trump is the first president to use a declared emergency to wrest control of Washington, D.C.’s police force.

Trump promises to make DC crime-free

BBC on MSN · 3d

Is crime in Washington DC 'out of control', as Trump claims?

But according to crime figures published by Washington DC's Metropolitan Police (MPDC), violent offences fell after peaking in 2023 and in 2024 hit their lowest level in 30 years. They are continuing to fall, according to preliminary data for 2025.

USA TODAY on MSN · 49m

Report slams Trump’s DC homeless policy. Should it be a crime to be homeless?

Those steps would go against evidence that anti-homeless laws and actions can exacerbate the problem, according to an Aug. 6 report by Mari Castaldi, director of state housing policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,

Washington Examiner on MSN · 15h

Trump says ‘phony’ DC crime statistics are being investigated

Trump launched a monthlong takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department, and National Guard troops are stationed inside the district to drive down crime.

National Guard troops have begun 24-hour operations in DC

ABC News · 1h

National Guard troops have begun 24-hour operations in DC: Official

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.

The Washington Post on MSN · 7m

Where National Guard troops and federal agents are patrolling D.C.

The Post mapped locations of law enforcement throughout D.C. in the days since Trump’s announcement to deploy the Guard.

UPI News on MSN · 13h

National Guard troops patrol D.C. streets, sweep homeless camps

Dressed in camouflage fatigues, National Guard troops patrolled areas of Washington Thursday, dispatched by President Donald Trump to police what he has called "out of control crime" in the city.

17hon MSN

Examining claim violent crime in Washington, DC, is at 30-year low

Critics have expressed skepticism at data coming from the Metropolitan Police Department of the U.S. capital. Snopes looked ...

15h

Capitol Hill prepares for high-stakes battle over Trump crime package, DC police authority

Senate Republicans are gearing up for the White House to send a D.C. Security Fund package, while Senate Democrats blast ...

22h

Trump Federalizes DC Police To 'Rescue Our Nation's Capital From Crime, Bloodshed, Bedlam, and Squalor'

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

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Woman tells personal story of DC covering up crime against her: ‘I’ve waited five years to share it…’

A violent sexual assault that occurred in Washington, D.C., five years ago was reportedly scrubbed from the city’s crime statistics. This is according to Anna Giaritelli, a […] ...

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National Guard deploys 800 personnel to stop crime in Washington DC, says Pentagon

All 800 National Guard troops who were ordered to the US capital Washington to aid law enforcement personnel by President ...

17mon MSN

Washington sues to stop federal takeover of police department

The U.S. capital Washington sued Donald Trump on Friday over his attempted takeover of the city's police force, escalating a ...

1don MSN

Washington, DC crime reporter turned victim speaks out, says Trump recognizes ‘major issue’ impacting lives

Washington Examiner journalist Anna Giaritelli shares how a 2020 sexual assault in Washington, D.C., changed her life and ...

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