Trump’s DC crime rhetoric doesn’t match day-to-day reality
Protesters participate in a Free D.C. press conference and rally near the White House in Washington on Monday, Aug. 11.
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Protesters participate in a Free D.C. press conference and rally near the White House in Washington on Monday, Aug. 11.
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during morning trading on March 4, 2024 in New York City.
Voters use a District of Columbia Board of Elections mail-in-ballot drop box at Union Market in Washington on Oct. 5, 2020.
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Monday.
Former Rep. Jerry Carl, R-Ala., questions FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing on May 15, 2024. Carl said Tuesday he'll seek the same seat he lost in 2024.
United States Capitol Police Chief Michael Sullivan poses in the USCP headquarters in Washington on Monday, August 18, 2025.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the inaugural Great American Farmers Market on the National Mall on Aug. 4. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House before a meeting with European leaders to discuss ending the war with Russia on Monday.
Rep. James Comer leaves the Capitol after the last votes of the week on March 27.
Former Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is running again.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, introduced a resolution that would terminate the president's emergency use of D.C.’s police department.
Former Delaware Republican Rep. Michael N. Castle, right, died Thursday at age 86.
President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles as he arrives at the White House on June 9. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the tarmac after they arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
A Washington Metropolitan Police Department patrol car stands watch near Free DC’s press conference and rally on 16th Street Northwest near the White House in Washington on Monday.
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and President Donald Trump conduct a news conference in the White House briefing room to announce the federal government will take control of the Metropolitan Police Department and use the National Guard to fight crime in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Aug.11, 2025.
Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on June 25.
President Donald Trump talks with reporters after a House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol on May 20.
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