Trump said the federalisation of Washington’s policing was necessary and aimed to combat what he described as rampant crime in the city. But official data show that crime has seen a sharp decline in the US capital over the past few years, hitting a 30-year low in 2024, according to the US Department of Justice.

As the Trump administration escalates its deployment of troops in the nation’s capital and vows similar moves elsewhere, leaders of largely Democratic cities across the country are pushing back.

Trump said on Friday that Chicago will "probably" be the next city to which the administration will deploy federal troops, officers and agents.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped an investigation into a buy now, pay later company linked to President Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr.

Despite Russia being banned from FIFA competitions, Trump said he thinks Putin will attend the 2026 World Cup.

FBI agents entered Bolton's Bethesda, Maryland, home at 7 a.m. on Friday as part of a classified records probe.

Donald Trump was the Republican Party outsider in 2016. Now the party belongs to him. The shift was on display in Atlanta this week as members of the Republican National Committee made Florida conservative Joe Gruters the latest party chairman.