By Courtney Rozen

(Reuters) -The Trump administration plans to slash security funding for Washington, D.C., according to a grant notice, even as President Donald Trump asserts crime in the U.S. capital is “totally out of control.”

The Federal Emergency Management Agency said in a notice posted last week that D.C. and surrounding areas would receive $20 million less this year from its urban security fund, reducing the funding to $25.2 million and amounting to a 44% year-on-year cut.

The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees FEMA, said on Friday it cut funds to D.C. and other cities to align with the “current threat landscape.”

The agency has “observed a shift from large-scale, coordinated attacks like 9/11 to simpler, small-scale assaults, heightening the vulnerability of soft

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