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Violent crime in DC has fallen in 2024 and 2025

Examining claim violent crime in Washington, DC, is at 30-year low

Critics have expressed skepticism at data coming from the Metropolitan Police Department of the U.S. capital. Snopes looked at FBI data.

CNN on MSN · 2d

Fact check: Violent crime in DC has fallen in 2024 and 2025 after a 2023 spike

President Donald Trump, justifying his temporary federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital, claimed at a press conference Monday that the violent crime situation in Washington, DC, “is getting worse,

WUSA · 1d

Pirro says these laws need to change to address violent crime in DC

The U.S. attorney for D.C. said the issue is that those who commit violent crimes have no reason to fear law enforcement.

Trump, DC

SFGATE · 6h

Trump Federalizes DC Police To 'Rescue Our Nation's Capital From Crime, Bloodshed, Bedlam, and Squalor'

President Donald Trump has declared a public safety emergency in Washington DC and placed the capital city's police under federal control.

Fox News on MSN · 2h

DC mayor travels to Martha's Vineyard amid Trump's federalized crime crackdown of city

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser traveled to Martha's Vineyard for a family commitment after President Donald Trump federalized the city's police.

USA TODAY · 2h

DC's highest crime neighborhoods have yet to see Trump crackdown

There was little sign of President Trump's deployment of troops and federal agents in some of Washington, DC's most crime-ridden neighborhoods.

National Guard, Washington

Free Malaysia Today on MSN · 3m

Trump orders 800 National Guard deployed in Washington DC mission

The troops "will remain until law and order has been restored in the District, as determined by the president".

CBS News · 9h

Washington D.C. residents protest deployment of National Guard

Some people in Washington, D.C., took to the streets Wednesday night to protest President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and federal takeover of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department.

Yahoo · 1d

US National Guard takes over Washington, D.C.

National Guard troops rolled into Washington, D.C., overnight as part of President Trump's federal takeover of the city's police. Officials say the move targets violent crime, but city leaders say it is an unprecedented overreach.

Independent Journal Review8h

Leaders Of Activist Group Opposing Trump’s DC Crime Crackdown Have Criminal Records

Three leaders of an anti-police group protesting President Donald Trump’s crackdown on violent crime in Washington, D.C., ...

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Former Capitol Police Chief says crime by ‘gangs of youth’ in DC has spiked, escaped ‘certain neighborhoods’

Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund warned that the homicide rate in the nation's capital is five to six times higher ...

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Mayor Bowser Skips Town For Martha’s Vineyard While Trump Cleans Up DC

Democratic Washington, D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has left the district for Martha’s Vineyard as President Donald Trump ...

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'Violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals': Is crime on the rise in Washington DC?

Donald Trump has announced a federal takeover of Washington DC's police force, saying the city is "becoming a situation of ...

Independent Journal Review1d

‘This Is Personal’: MSNBC Analyst Goes Off On How ‘Frustrated’ DC Residents Are With Juvenile Crime

MSNBC justice and legal affairs analyst Anthony Coley asserted on Wednesday that Washington, D.C., residents are vexed by ...

Trump admin live updates: Trump says DC will be 'crime-free' and 'tired' grass will be replaced

National Guard troops are arriving in Washington after President Donald Trump announced on Monday that 800 National Guard ...

Joe Scarborough Reads Text On-Air From ‘Very Liberal’ Person Unloading On ‘Rampant’ DC Crime

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough read a text on-air Tuesday from a “very liberal” person expressing concerns about violent crime in ...

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CNN panel knocks national Democrats on 'tone-deaf' response to Trump DC crime plan

A CNN panel suggested on Monday that the response from national Democrats to President Donald Trump's plan to address crime ...

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