President Donald Trump announced Monday his plan to activate hundreds of National Guard troops and federalize the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department to address violent crime in the nation’s capital.

President Donald Trump said on Monday he was putting Washington's police department under federal control and ordering the National Guard to deploy to the nation's capital to combat what he said was a wave of lawlessness,

A White House news conference is scheduled for Monday after President Donald Trump warned about a federal takeover of Washington, D.C., over crime.