Crime in D.C. and nationwide is declining from pandemic-era spikes. But individual incidents can shake residents and capture the president’s attention.

Pro-Trump legal group launches investigation into D.C. crime data following placement of police officer Michael Pulliam on administrative leave for alleged falsification.

Trump’s new orders crack down on homelessness in D.C. Here’s a breakdown of the city’s homeless population.

An updating database and map of D.C. homicides in 2024. The pace of killings this year has slowed compared to 2023.

Trump says D.C. has been 'overtaken' by crime. The data tells a different story. The president’s description of crime in Washington is not reflected in official statistics, which show that the ...

Education The Ten Commandments are now on display in Texas classrooms The law requiring the displays takes effect Sept. 1. But tens of thousands of posters are on their way to districts across the ...

How the White House's claims about D.C. homelessness compare to the data Trump’s new orders crack down on homelessness in D.C. Here’s a breakdown of the city’s homeless population.

The chart President Donald Trump displayed during an Aug. 11 news conference included 2023 data for Washington, D.C. homicides. Since then, the district’s homicide rate has fallen considerably ...

Cleveland’s crime statistics don’t just match D.C.’s—they significantly exceed them—and the Today in Ohio podcast crew says that’s evidence that Trump’s takeover is about something ...

Weeks before President Donald Trump federalized the Washington, D.C., police, the Metropolitan Police Department was hit with accusations of allegedly juking crime stats for more favorable results.

President Trump said that he is deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and that the federal government has taken control of the D.C. police.