press conference<\/u><\/a> on Monday to “stop violent crime in Washington, D.C.” It was not clear whether he would announce more details of his eviction plan then.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThere are 3,782 single persons experiencing homelessness on any given night in the city of about 700,000, says the Community Partnership, an organization working to reduce homelessness in D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most such individuals are in emergency shelters or transitional housing, rather than on the street, it says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A White House official said on Friday more federal law enforcement officers were being deployed in the city following a violent attack on a young administration staffer that angered the president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alleged crimes investigated by federal agents on Friday night included “multiple persons carrying a pistol without license,” motorists driving on suspended licenses and dirt bike riding, a White House official said on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The official said 450 federal law enforcement officers were deployed across the city on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The city’s police department says violent crime was down 26% in D.C. in the first seven months of 2025, compared with last year, while overall crime was down about 7%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Democratic mayor of Washington, D.C., Muriel Bowser, said on Sunday the capital was “not experiencing a crime spike.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It is true that we had a terrible spike in crime in 2023, but this is not 2023,” Bowser said on MSNBC\u2019s the Weekend. “We have spent over the last two years driving down violent crime in this city, driving it down to a 30-year low.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bowser said Trump was “very aware” of the city’s work with federal law enforcement after meeting him several weeks ago in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The U.S. Congress has control of D.C.’s budget after the district was established in 1790 with land from neighboring Virginia and Maryland, but resident voters elect a mayor and city council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Trump to take over the city, it is likely that Congress would have to pass a law revoking the law that established local elected leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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