President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he will seek more permanent federal control of the Washington, D.C., police force as he continues his efforts to ramp-up crime enforcement in the nation's capital.

Donald Trump has deployed the National Guard to Washington DC as part of a crime purge that will also banish homeless people from the capital.

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Trump invokes federal control over D.C. police amid crime surge, with National Guard spotted leaving armory as authorities arrest 23 suspects.

President Donald Trump said the federal government will take control of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department.

Trump's plan to address crime in D.C. calls for deploying National Guard troops along the National Mall overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, according to a source.