Police say this man was caught on surveillance video using a cinder block to break into the Beaufort County ABC Store on John Small Avenue.

Federal troops are patrolling the National Mall and neighborhoods across Washington while President Donald Trump's administration exerts extraordinary power over law enforcement in the nation's capital.

Just 17 percent of residents backed the effort to federalize the city‘s police department and deploy federal law enforcement officers.

Despite claims from President Donald Trump that people are dining more in the District since his takeover of D.C. police, reservations have plummeted since this time last year.

The showdown in Washington is the latest attempt by Trump to test the boundaries of his legal authority to carry out his tough-on-crime agenda, relying on obscure statutes and a supposed state of emergency to speed up the mass deportation of people in the United States illegally.

WASHINGTON – A slight majority of voters – 51% – oppose the Trump administration taking over the DC, police force and deploying the National Guard in the nation’s capital, according to new data released Aug. 20 from a progressive polling firm.

Public spaces and private ones with permission are usually fair game; if accused of obstruction, backing off is best.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether police officials in Washington, D.C., have falsified crime data, according to a person familiar with the probe who wasn’t authorized to publicly discuss an open investigation.