It took three Kootenay Boundary fire departments — including Trail, Montrose and Warfield — and 14 firefighters 90 minutes to contain the fire near Montrose.

Under the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, a president can order D.C.’s mayor to give him temporary control of the police, but Congress can terminate the authority.

After a judge threatened to block an order federalizing Washington’s police, the Justice Department issued a new directive leaving the city’s police chief in charge, for now.

President Trump said the White House will seek "long-term extensions" from Congress to maintain federal control of the D.C. police as part of a push to crack down on crime.

President Donald Trump’s federal seizure of Washington, D.C.’s police force and deployment of the National Guard is being sold as a crusade against “crime, bloodshed and bedlam.” In truth ...

President Trump said on Wednesday he plans to extend the federalization of police in D.C. beyond the initially set 30 days. Why it matters: Trump is looking for congressional permission to continue ...

The president announced the deployment of 800 National Guard troops in the nation’s capital and takeover of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department.

In a news conference, Trump announced he was taking federal control of the Washington, D.C., police department and deploying the National Guard in the nation’s capital in an effort to crack down ...

In an unprecedented move, President Trump has taken over Washington, D.C.'s police department and activated its National Guard. The federal takeover invokes rare, but legal, presidential ...

President Trump signed two executive orders Monday, formally declaring a “crime emergency” in the District of Columbia and taking direct control of the city’s law enforcement. The orders invoke ...

President Trump on Monday announced plans to place the Metropolitan Police Department under federal control and to deploy several hundred National Guard troops and more than 100 FBI agents to the ...