Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has responded to President Donald Trump's plan to take over the Metropolitan Police ...

President Donald Trump said Monday he’s placing the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and deploying ...

Muriel Bowser, mayor of Washington, D.C., says she has reached out to Attorney General Pam Bondi and hopes to hold a meeting ...

Bowser said it is true the city underwent a “crime spike” following the COVID-19 pandemic but argued a “huge decrease” in ...

Federal law gives presidents the power to take over Washington’s police force after declaring an emergency, but Donald Trump ...

The move raises questions about how the federal government will interact with its state and local counterparts. As Trump ...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Monday that the city had reached a 30-year low in violent crime. Bowser said that crime was ...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser expressed concern over President Trump's federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department, but ...

Any comparison to a war-torn country is hyperbolic and false,” said Mayor Muriel Bowser amid President Trump’s escalation in ...

Mayor Muriel Bowser and Chief Pamela Smith struck a conciliatory tone amid a wave of outrage from other D.C. officials in response to President Donald Trump’s decision to federalize the District’s ...

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer lauded President Donald Trump's decision to take over the Washington, D.C., police and demanded that Mayor Muriel Bowser testify when lawmakers return.

The mayor disputed Trump’s justification for declaring a crime emergency, noting that crime has been trending down in the city after spiking in 2023.