Washington’s violent crime rate still exceeds that of every state by at least 54% and rivals or surpasses many major cities.

WASHINGTON (AP) — National Guard troops and Humvees guarded some Washington landmarks Thursday and advocacy organizations ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The U.S. State Department approved a possible $346 million weapons sale to Nigeria to help improve ...

D.C. police officers will be able to assist federal immigration authorities by sharing information about people ...

US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin are meeting Friday for a summit in Alaska aimed – on the US side at least – at bringing an end to the grinding war that has followed Russia’s full ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - August 14, 1861. Abraham Lincoln orders Union reinforcements sent to Missouri after a Confederate ...

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

The commander, Michael Pulliam, was placed on paid administrative leave in mid-May for allegedly fabricating data—one week after he reportedly filed an equal employment opportunity complaint against ...

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin's meeting is being hyped by the White House as a major opportunity to end hostilities in Ukraine. Meanwhile, the US has expressed 'disgust' at Australia's decision to ...

Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office confirmed reports on Thursday that she left D.C. for Martha’s Vineyard. “The mayor has a family ...

As a young Black woman, Kaylei Thomas has always been urged by her parents to be careful when out in public. The 18-year-old ...

The White House says 60 people suspected of being in the US illegally are among those caught in the federal dragnet.