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FILE - National Guard troops and the U.S. Capitol Police keep watch as heightened security remains in effect around the Capitol grounds in Washington, March 3, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Share Save for later Please log in to bookmark this story. Log In Create Free Account

U.S. President Donald Trump took unprecedented steps toward federalizing Washington, D.C. on Monday, saying it’s needed to fight crime even as city leaders pointed to data showing violence is down.

He took command of the police department and deployed the National Guard under laws and Constitutional powers that give the federal government more sway over the country’s capital than other cities. Its historically majority Black population wasn’t electing its own city co

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