Pentagon officials had few details to offer Wednesday about the National Guard’s role in the unprecedented deployment.

The lawsuit brought by Washington says Trump exceeded his authority under the Home Rule Act of 1973 in taking over the Metropolitan Police Department.

The showdown in Washington is the latest attempt by Trump to test the boundaries of his legal authority to carry out his ...

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

Washington, D.C., sued Aug. 15 to block President Trump’s takeover of its police department, calling it illegal and dangerous. The move installs DEA chief Terry Cole as emergency head, displacing ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have begun face-to-face talks in Alaska for a high-stakes ...

Back in early spring, Trump’s efforts upended the U.S. Institute of Peace, among other institutions and departments. On ...

Legal experts say when National Guard members are deployed into what could be volatile situations with citizens, they could ...

Trump compels his followers to endorse obvious lies. It’s accelerating the country’s descent into authoritarianism.

District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit saying Trump is going beyond his legal power over the ...

Alex Koma, a politics reporter at Washington’s NPR member station, reported Friday that, according to residents of D.C.’s ...