Washington has long been one of America’s most violent major cities — with a murder rate that outstrips Chicago and is nearly seven times higher than New York City.

A Washington, D.C. neighborhood on edge became the scene of an intense standoff as dozens of residents vented their outrage at police officers carrying out a drug arrest amid President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in the nation’s capital.

WASHINGTON — National Guard troops deployed to the nation’s capital are cleaning it up — literally. A handful of soldiers were photographed by the Washington Post spreading mulch near the Tidal Basin on the National Mall as part of various “beautification” projects they’ve been tasked with since their DC deployment.

A grand jury declined to indict a D.C. man accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington, D.C. earlier this month.

That's the first time in anybody's memory that you haven't had a murder in a week." Trump’s actions have drawn strong reactions from residents and politicians. A Washington Post poll found a majority of Washington,

President Donald Trump has claimed it has been "many years" since D.C. had a murder-free stretch of more than a week.

A man has been charged with felony assault for allegedly spitting on two South Carolina Army National Guard soldiers who were deployed to Washington, DC, as part of President Donald Trump’s anti-crime agenda in the nation’s capital.