WASHINGTON, D.C. — A press conference to update the media on the department's ongoing efforts to rein in crime following President Donald Trump's threat to federalize the city was briefly interrupted today by a loud noise, leading DC Police Chief Pamela Smith to ask journalists what was causing it.
Residents in one Washington, DC, neighborhood lined up Wednesday to protest the increased police presence after the White House said the number of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital would r...