President Donald Trump said his administration is weighing whether to take control of the city of Washington, DC, to help combat crime, in a move that would represent a dramatic upheaval to the capital’s half-century of home rule.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his administration was considering taking over governance of Washington, DC, the city that serves as the seat of the federal government.Trump, speaking during a cabinet meeting at the White House,

Trump weighs in on NYC mayoral race Trump took aim at Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, calling him "a communist." Trump also mentioned other candidates - incumbent Mayor Eric Adams,