For years, the capital’s police force has faced a scarcity of cops due to Democratic-championed policies driving out officers in droves.

President Donald Trump on Friday declared Washington, D.C., to be "safe again" amid a federal crackdown on crime, homelessness, and illegal immigration in the city.

Trump accused Mayor Bowser of sharing "false crime figures" and said "bad things will happen" if the reports continue.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to join a Thursday evening patrol in the nation’s capital as federal authorities deploy checkpoints around the city and sometimes ask people for their immigration status after stopping them.

President Donald Trump’s administration is pushing back on criticism that the surge of law enforcement and National Guard troops to Washington has focused on low-crime areas of the nation’s capital or resulted in a significant uptick in arrests.