D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith faces social media mockery after appearing confused by reporter's question about chain of ...

Chief Pamela A. Smith’s order effectively serves as a carve-out to how the department enforces a broader ban that prohibits ...

The White House says Attorney General Pam Bondi is effectively in charge of Washington D.C.’s police department.

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and police chief Pamela Smith spoke to reporters after a meeting Tuesday morning with ...

Less than 10 hours after President Donald Trump seized control of the Washington, D.C., police force, a man was gunned down ...

President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is putting Washington, D.C. police "under direct federal control" -- invoking ...

The Metropolitan Police along with federal agencies tasked with helping curb crime in the nation’s capital are scrambling to ...

President Donald Trump's promised law enforcement surge in the nation's capital didn't appear to happen as scheduled on its ...

He took command of the police department and deployed the National Guard under laws and Constitutional powers that give the federal government more sway over the nation’s capital than other cities.

Troops appeared near the Washington Monument on Tuesday evening. But it remained unclear whether the eventual show of force ...